Love Hard

[Intro] (Acoustic guitar strumming softly, piano enters gently) Yeah... sometimes it ain't about the big things... [Verse 1] Sun comes up, another day begins Same old silence, where the warmth should have been I make my coffee, feeling like I'm in your way Got me wonderin' if I'm even here to stay Another "fine," another mumbled word Is this the only love that I deserve? I watch you driftin', lost inside your mind Leavin' pieces of my heart behind [Chorus] I want to be loved loud, I want to be loved hard Not like some forgotten secret in your backyard I want to feel like the only woman in your heart Not just someone playin' a forgotten part Stop makin' me guess, stop makin' me doubt What this whole thing's even about Yeah, I want to be loved loud, I want to be loved hard I want to feel like the only woman in your heart [Verse 2] Remember when you'd call just 'cause you cared? Now your attention's scattered everywhere A half-hearted hug, a kiss that don't connect Buildin' walls of lonely, brick by brick of neglect I see the way you look at other girls sometimes A flicker in your eye, crossin' invisible lines It chips away, this quiet disappearin' act Leavin' me just wonderin' where we're at [Chorus] I want to be loved loud, I want to be loved hard Not like some forgotten secret in your backyard I want to feel like the only woman in your heart Not just someone playin' a forgotten part Stop makin' me guess, stop makin' me doubt What this whole thing's even about Yeah, I want to be loved loud, I want to be loved hard I want to feel like the only woman in your heart [Bridge] Is it too much to ask for somethin' real? Somethin' I can see, somethin' I can feel? Not this faded picture, this ghost of what could be Show me I'm your world, show you choose me Before this quiet ache turns my love to stone Before I decide I'm better off alone... [Chorus] I want to be loved loud, I want to be loved hard Not like some forgotten secret in your backyard I want to feel like the only woman in your heart Not just someone playin' a forgotten part Stop makin' me guess, stop makin' me doubt What this whole thing's even about Yeah, I want to be loved loud, I want to be loved hard I want to feel like the only woman in your heart [Outro] (Acoustic guitar strumming fades slowly, pedal steel lingers) Loud... and hard... yeah... (Fade out)