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You made it right

When I got to the chorus, voices joined mine, Max’s, Julian’s, all of them, low at first, then increasing in volume and confidence, filling the room with their harmonies.

’Cause you…

You heard the note I buried deep

Pulled it from the dark like a secret I couldn’t keep

You saw the man beneath the armour and the choke

You held the parts I thought would break?—

Made them whole

If this is love, don’t let it go

Unmasked, unguarded,

Every raw and reckless hope

I’d give you every word I never spoke…

You’re the reason I can

You’re my naked note

[Bridge]

I spent so long trying not to need

Trying not to want

Trying not to be seen

But you…

You looked at me

And I wasn’t afraid anymore

[Final Chorus]

You…

You found the note I couldn’t reach

Sang it back to me until my knees went weak

You saw a man who’d never learned he wasn’t broke

Loved the voice inside the quiet

Till it spoke

If this is love, then let it show

Unmasked, unguarded,