Poet Ali - Young Promises Lyrics

So I'm thinking just uh maybe some light piano on this or score it like a film score
When we do it you know we could take the papers rustling out of it later but
Check it out I think it's something you might be able to relate to

You don't gotta write me a Christmas card to show me how much you care
Or hold me for no reason just to quiet my rising fears
You're not forced to stay with me through the winding years
And it's sad to say it breaks my heart but one day you probably won't be here

Either way I'm not one to hold those I love to all they've promised me
You see young hearts are foolish and often promise each other the world
Like a scorpion's sting inside a diamond ring that is their tendency
And I just have to face you may or may not know what you want
Either way you're free

I want to go back to being that man who will lift you in his arms
And save you from the nightmare of the drowning sea
I won't wait for your hugs I'll just give you mine
And don't worry about my heart
It's been through worse and it'll be fine
I just never thought you could do this to me
I got scared and needed time
But now I've made that decision to be by your side
And you don't have to promise you'll be by mine

I will transform back into the man you look up to
Whose character and will you admire
And use all my love to not look at you with those disappointed eyes
There's only one thing I ask of you

If you believe in my smile and my touch
One day someday many days you might have to fight to save us
And if you think I won't hurt you again
Take what's left of your heart and run to your friends

If you think you've felt the depth of this joy
This pain or our love you don't have a clue
There's only one thing I ask of you
Not to myself anybody else or for us
To your own heart always be true

True love is giving yourself wholly to something
And often having nothing to show for it