MAY I

[INTRO] I don’t know how to say this Without making it sound like too much So I’ll just tell you the truth I’ve grown used to having you in my life [VERSE 1] Somewhere between our conversations And the things we never had to say You became part of my thinking Part of the shape of every day Now when something good happens You’re the first one I want to tell And when the world gets a little heavy You’re the person I look for as well [PRE-CHORUS] Maybe love isn’t a moment Maybe it’s quieter than that Maybe it’s knowing who you want beside you Before you even know to ask [CHORUS] May I be the one you come home to? When the day has taken everything May I be the hand you reach for When you don’t know what tomorrow brings? I don’t need a perfect story I don’t need to know how it ends Just give me all the ordinary And I’ll love you through the rest May I? [VERSE 2] I know we’ll have our difficult days There’ll be things we won’t understand We’ll say the wrong things sometimes Then have to learn to listen again And I won’t promise I won’t hurt you Or that I’ll always get it right I can only promise I’ll keep choosing To meet you somewhere in the middle of the fight [PRE-CHORUS] ‘Cause love is more than wanting It’s staying when the feeling gets hard It’s learning every version of someone And loving who they are [CHORUS] May I be the one you come home to? When the day has taken everything May I be the hand you reach for When you don’t know what tomorrow brings? I don’t need a perfect story I don’t need to know how it ends Just give me all the ordinary And I’ll love you through the rest May I? [BRIDGE] And if one day we look back At the people we used to be I hope we won’t remember perfect days I hope we remember choosing to stay Through the growing Through the changing Through everything we couldn’t see If you still want me beside you I’ll still be right here [FINAL CHORUS] May I be the one you come home to? After every road you take May I know the life you’re dreaming And be there when you finally make it? I don’t need forever promised I just want the chance to prove That whatever life becomes of us I’ll keep making room for you And if you ask me what I want It’s really nothing complicated Your hand in mine Your name in my phone A life we don’t have to pretend is perfect Just you And me Choosing it again [OUTRO] So, May… May I? Not for tonight. For all the days after.