While I Hold You

AI/KI Verse 1 I never knew a heart could open This wide, this fast, this deep One month ago you found your way Into my arms, into my sleep Your breath against my beating chest Feels like a fragile song And every second that I hold you I know where I belong Pre-Chorus But love is loud and love is scary It whispers things I can’t outrun Chorus While I hold you, I’m crying Not because I’m weak, but because I care I’m crying for the world you’re growing in For every baby never held with love or prayer While I hold you, I promise To be your shelter, your safe place to fall I’m scared because I love you so much But I’d choose this fear over nothing at all Verse 2 Sometimes my tears fall on your blanket As you sleep so unaware I think of tiny hearts still breaking Of babies held by no one there And then I look into your future So far I almost can’t breathe One day you’ll walk, one day you’ll leave One day you’ll be older than me Pre-Chorus I know that nothing here is endless And that truth cuts me like the sun Chorus While I hold you, I’m crying For the days I can’t control For the time that keeps on moving For the fragile nature of a soul While I hold you, I love you With a love that aches and shines If every tear means you are loved Then I’ll cry a thousand lifetimes Bridge If one day I have to let you go In ways I don’t yet understand I hope you’ll feel it in your bones You were cherished, you were planned Not just born, but deeply wanted Every moment, every breath Loved beyond my fear of loss Loved beyond my fear of death Final Chorus So while I hold you, I’m here In this moment, in this now I can’t protect you from everything But I swear I’ll show you how How to love, how to be gentle How to feel the world and stay While I hold you, my sweet son You are everything today Outro And if my tears fall quietly Please know just what they mean They’re made of love, and hope, and fear And the space in between