(Verse 1)
I loved you before you knew it,
Before you looked my way.
I said it without saying it,
In every small, quiet display.
You were the dream I never silenced,
The hope I never hid—
I held you in my open hands
While you were still just a kid.
(Pre-Chorus)
And I watched the world around us spin,
While you kept standing still—
But I never walked away,
Even when it hurt to feel.
(Chorus)
After all these years—
Of loving more, of standing near,
Of holding space, of drying tears,
Of giving all I had in fear…
You’re here.
And you see me now,
Like I always saw you then.
We made it through the silence—
We’re not almosts anymore, we’re when.
After all these years…
I get to be yours.
(Verse 2)
They told me love should be easy,
But mine was never light.
It was showing up in storms,
It was choosing you each night.
You were fire, you were distance,
You were every ‘maybe not’—
But I loved you like a promise
This world somehow forgot.
(Bridge)
And now the ache becomes a vow,
The waiting turns to grace.
I’d do it all again to stand
Right here in this place.
(Final Chorus)
After all these years—
Of loving you when you were gone,
Of seeing what you couldn’t see,
Of holding on so long…
You’re finally mine,
And I’m finally yours too.
No more almosts. No more waiting.
Just me and you.
After all these years…
We’re home.
(Outro)
You were always worth the time it took—
And I’d wait forever again
To be standing here with you.