[Verse 1]
You gave me all your love
Heart and mind and soul
Nothing held back from the start
And it overwhelmed my heart
[Verse 2]
Yours was selfless, unconditional
I saw not you, but fantasy
You longed to build a quiet home
I longed for us to fly, and be free
[Verse 3]
You were a woman, I a boy
Not in age, but maturity
I heard you speak your truth to me
Through tears I could not see
[Verse 4]
I loved you more than life itself
As much as I could give
But not enough beyond myself
To love as you loved me
[Chorus]
I loved you more than life
But not more than myself
I should have loved you more
Or learned to let you go
[Verse 5]
I heard you—but I didn’t see
The pain beneath your words
I should have listened with my heart
Not only what I heard
[Verse 6]
I would have died for you back then
I'd die for you right now
And yet I broke your quiet hope
I just don’t know quite how
[Verse 7]
I should have loved you more than me
Or set your spirit free
But I held on too blindly
To what I wished to be
[Chorus]
I loved you more than life
But not more than myself
I should have loved you more
Or learned to let you go
[Bridge – sparse, emotional, slower phrasing]
[Verse 8]
I planted love in fallow ground
Mistook your tears for rain
And what we grew was something wild
That only brought us pain
[Verse 9]
Our orchard stands in ruin now
Overgrown with my neglect
The fault is mine, the shame is mine
And this I can’t correct
[Final Chorus – fuller, more intensity]
I loved you more than life
But not more than myself
I should have loved you more
Or learned to let you go
[Verse 10]
I’ll love you every day I breathe
And after breath is gone
But love alone could not repair
The harm that I have done
[Outro – breathy, stripped down]
So we go on from day to day
With tears we cannot hide
And live within the quiet truth
Of what we both let die
You can hear this complete song but only at the following link: https://suno.com/s/HvpzPrjL6KjYYKug
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:56 AM UTC
[Verse 1]
You gave me all your love
Heart and mind and soul
Nothing held back from the start
And it overwhelmed my heart
[Verse 2]
Yours was selfless, unconditional
I saw not you, but fantasy
You longed to build a quiet home
I longed for us to fly, and be free
[Verse 3]
You were a woman, I a boy
Not in age, but maturity
I heard you speak your truth to me
Through tears I could not see
[Verse 4]
I loved you more than life itself
As much as I could give
But not enough beyond myself
To love as you loved me
[Chorus]
I loved you more than life
But not more than myself
I should have loved you more
Or learned to let you go
[Verse 5]
I heard you—but I didn’t see
The pain beneath your words
I should have listened with my heart
Not only what I heard
[Verse 6]
I would have died for you back then
I'd die for you right now
And yet I broke your quiet hope
I just don’t know quite how
[Verse 7]
I should have loved you more than me
Or set your spirit free
But I held on too blindly
To what I wished to be
[Chorus]
I loved you more than life
But not more than myself
I should have loved you more
Or learned to let you go
[Bridge – sparse, emotional, slower phrasing]
[Verse 8]
I planted love in fallow ground
Mistook your tears for rain
And what we grew was something wild
That only brought us pain
[Verse 9]
Our orchard stands in ruin now
Overgrown with my neglect
The fault is mine, the shame is mine
And this I can’t correct
[Final Chorus – fuller, more intensity]
I loved you more than life
But not more than myself
I should have loved you more
Or learned to let you go
[Verse 10]
I’ll love you every day I breathe
And after breath is gone
But love alone could not repair
The harm that I have done
[Outro – breathy, stripped down]
So we go on from day to day
With tears we cannot hide
And live within the quiet truth
Of what we both let die
You can hear this complete song but only at the following link: https://suno.com/s/HvpzPrjL6KjYYKug
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