Description
From Chapter 54, “Ecstasy,” of It’s Impossible by J H McIntosh — Act II: Soul to Soul.
This song invites you into a quiet space where the complexities of love are felt with honest tenderness. It explores the delicate balance between giving and holding on, revealing the courage it takes to carry the unseen burdens that love sometimes brings. Listening to it offers a moment to reflect on the strength found in being open and the hope that even weighty emotions can lead to deeper understanding. It gently reminds us that love’s true power lies not in lightness, but in the willingness to stay present.
Lyrics
You say forever like it floats in air,
I hear it land, it stops me right there.
You love like breathing, no reserve,
Like stopping was never a verb.
It fills the room, it crowds my space,
I feel it settle, feel its weight.
It’s not your love I’m trying to outrun,
It’s what it asks once it’s begun.
You feel lifted, rising free,
I feel the weight it puts on me.
You built a life that stands its ground,
Work and purpose tightly bound.
And now you see me standing near,
I wonder what has shifted here.
You say you’d stand if I should go,
Still standing, but no longer whole.
But this feels deeper, this feels true,
And I don’t know what love would do.
You don’t want pieces, you want the whole,
The guarded heart, even the fragile soul.
You’re not here to save or claim,
You’re asking me to share the weight.
You didn’t ask me to make you whole,
You say God chose me for that role,
And I don’t know if I can hold
The weight.
I’ve paid love’s cost in tears I spent,
A billion drops without an end.
My chest still rattles when I breathe,
Like something broke and will not leave.
What if I take what you would give,
And break beneath the life you live?
What if I try and still fall short,
And drop this love God brought?
You wait so steady, never press,
And that’s what tests me, I confess.
If I let love come all the way,
There’s no retreat, no lighter way.
I don’t fear love.
I fear needing you.
I don’t fear love.
I fear the weight of needing you.
