Baby

I watch you reading to our girls in the quiet of the room

You’re so steady and devoted, the same man I always knew

You work so hard to keep us safe, dependable and strong

But lately in the daily grind, the days feel heavy and long

We’ve been surviving, carrying things that no one else can see

And somewhere in the exhausting seasons, we lost you and me

Baby, I don't want to be just parents passing in the hall

I want the tenderness and closeness underneath it all

I’m scared of all the distance, but I’m still choosing you

I don't want to go backward, I want to see this through

I want to find each other in the life we have right now

Tell me you're still moving toward me, and we'll make it back somehow

I know sometimes my sadness comes out looking like I'm mad

A quiet wall of silence hiding all the fear I have

But underneath the hurt and all the frustrating routines

I'm still reaching for you, wanting to repair the seams

I want to feel you notice me, to hold me and pursue

Not just the mother of your kids, but the wife who fell for you

Baby, I don't want to be just parents passing in the hall

I want the tenderness and closeness underneath it all

I’m scared of all the distance, but I’m still choosing you

I don't want to go backward, I want to see this through

I want to find each other in the life we have right now

Tell me you're still moving toward me, and we'll make it back somehow

I miss the times you let your guard down when the world was too much to bear

I felt honored that you trusted me to sit beside you there

You don't have to have the answers, you don't always have to be strong

Let me hold you when it's heavy, let me be where you belong

You can fall apart beside me, I'm not going anywhere

Just let me close enough to love you through the weight you bear

You are the man I built this with, you still feel like my home

Even when I'm terrified that I might be alone

Through the messy, tiring seasons, I am still choosing this life

I don't want to give up on us, I just want to be your wife

My person, quiet, steady, I still see the good in you

Just tell me that you want me, and you're moving toward me too

'Cause Baby, I don't want to be just parents passing in the hall

I want the tenderness and closeness underneath it all

I’m scared of all the distance, but I’m still choosing you

I don't want to go backward, we can make it something new

I want to find each other in the life we have right now

I still love you, I still want us, and we'll make it back somehow