with you, love is a prize i must earn
so i keep telling you
“i love you, i love you, i love you”
hoping one day i’ll love you

“i love you” is my prayer
to wrench me from me
to get out of His way
so He’ll love you through me

there is one i truly love
yet i have never told her the three words
translating those into actions
into presents so worthless
because they were made from these hands