She Loves Like This

She walks in quiet

lipstick stain on my shirt

She put there last week

I love her

and it’s only been a week.

She shows a strength

Like the world can’t really hurt her

She lets them cut in line

Says "go ahead

I’ve got time"

That kind of calm

Feels like a fault line

She loves like this

Patience in a fast-lane world

Kindness when it’s undeserved

Gives and gets nothing back

Still she turns the other cheek

Holds her heart out to the weak

I’m on my knees in the wreckage of my selfishness

Wondering how she loves like this

I’ve thrown my thunder

Broke her trust

Slammed every door

She stitched my anger

Into something softer than before

She says

"You’re more than your worst day"

Then pulls my demons into the light

Her open hands

Make surrender feel like fight

She loves like this

Patience in a fast-lane world

Kindness when it’s undeserved

Gives and gets nothing back

Still she turns the other cheek

Holds her heart out to the weak

I’m on my knees in the wreckage of my selfishness

Wondering how she loves like this

She’s the quiet in the chaos (oh)

The small laugh in the dark

Says

"You’re forgiven

Come back home"

Like it never left a mark

There’s a light behind her bruises

Joy that rises from the smoke

She bends low to lift the broken

Calls it faith

I call it hope

She loves like this

Patience in a fast-lane world

Kindness when it’s undeserved

Gives and gets nothing back

Still she turns the other cheek

Holds her heart out to the weak

I’m on my knees in the wreckage of my selfishness

Learning how to love like this

Yeah

With her I learn to love like this