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lyrics by me; song definitely not Lyrics: You were so young, chasing pastry dreams Coffee-stained notebooks and Portland streets I was working long hours trying to get by Steel-toe boots and tired eyes We met somewhere between your world and mine Late-night drives and places to dine Back then forever felt easy to say Before life tested us in every way Then our little boy came into this life And the doctors sat us down one night Too young for words, too young for pain But LCH changed everything Autism came with a different road A language of love we learned slow You held him close while I learned to bend And somehow we became stronger then (Chorus) ’Cause every time the world pulled us apart We found our way back to love Back through the anger, the fear, the dark We found our way back to us Through hospital halls and breaking hearts Through nights that felt too long Something deep inside refused to give up And kept us holding on (Verse 2) Then your girl turned teenaged, restless and wild Pain showing up through a hurting child Lies, manipulations, and shouting matches late Two scared parents carrying too much weight There were nights your tears soaked through the sheets And nights I couldn’t stand the man I’d be We said things we could never take back Still somehow love stayed on the track Not perfect saints, not storybook souls Just two worn people learning to hold On to the promise we made years ago When you were young and I first took you home (Chorus) ’Cause every time the world pulled us apart We found our way back to love Back through the anger, the fear, the dark We found our way back to us Through hospital halls and breaking hearts Through nights that felt too long Something deep inside refused to give up And kept us holding on (Bridge) Maybe real love ain’t fireworks burning bright Maybe it’s showing up every night Maybe it’s medicine bottles by the sink And sitting together too tired to speak Maybe it’s choosing grace When resentment fills the room And finding each other again After walking through the ruin (Final Chorus) Yeah, every scar became part of our song Every hard year made our roots grow strong And though the road tried to wear us thin We kept letting each other back in Now when I look at you I don’t just see the girl from back then I see every storm you survived And the woman I’d choose again After all the heartbreak All the fear we walked through We still found our way back Me and you (Outro) From pastry dreams and factory nights To hospital rooms and family fights We bent, we broke, we healed somehow And after all these years I still love you now.