I Loved You All the Ways - ArlenaZara
I loved you open, no armor on
Every truth I had, I gave you one by one
I trusted your hands with my fragile heart
Believed you'd be gentle from the start
Read your silence like it was love
Made excuses when you pulled away
I stood unguarded in the storm
Hoping you'd choose to stay
I thought love meant I shouldn't hide
So I laid my fears aside
I never knew being brave would leave me so exposed
I loved you in no defense
No walls, no second guess
I let you see the parts of me
That even I tried to protect
I fought no war, I raised no shield
I trusted what we felt was real
I loved you in no defense
And paid for every inch
I stayed quiet when it hurt
Afraid the truth would make you leave
I called my pain understanding
And my tears empathy
I gave you chances dressed as hope
While you were learning how to go
I held on tighter every time
You loosened your hold
I thought love meant I shouldn't hide
So I laid my fears aside
I never knew being brave would leave me so exposed
I loved you in no defense
No walls, no second guess
I let you see the parts of me
That even I tried to protect
I fought no war, I raised no shield
I trusted what we felt was real
I loved you in no defense
And paid for every inch
Maybe one day you'll understand
What it meant to hold my heart
I don't regret the way I loved
I regret who I trusted with it
I won't harden just to survive
I won't apologize for care
But next time
I'll choose someone
Who knows how to stay there
I loved you in no defense
But that doesn't make me weak
It means I loved honestly
Even when it broke me
I'll heal these wounds, I'll rise again
Still tender, still resilient
I loved you in no defense
And I still choose to love like this
I loved you in no defense
Now I'm learning how to protect my heart