[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I’ve carried dreams with broken wings,
Left pieces on a thousand strings,
And every song I used to sing
Turned quiet in the fall.
I’ve watched goodbyes come like a flood,
Heard sweet words turn into mud—
I’m still wiping off the blood
From leaning in too far.
[Chorus]
So be gentle, love, be kind this time,
I’m patchwork made from old goodbyes.
My heart still beats, but slow and shy—
Just hold it like a fragile light.
Be gentle, love, don’t make me run,
I’m tired of learning how to come undone.
[Verse 2]
I’ve felt the cold of promises
That curled like smoke from trembling lips.
Some nights I barely made the trip
Back to my own skin.
But there’s something in your quiet eyes,
Like mercy wrapped in lullabies,
And Lord, I want to hope, but I—
Don’t know where to begin.
[Chorus]
So be gentle, love, be kind this time,
I’m patchwork made from old goodbyes.
My heart still beats, but slow and shy—
Just hold it like a fragile light.
Be gentle, love, don’t make me run,
I’m tired of learning how to come undone.
[Bridge]
Don’t fix me—just stand with me,
Like the moon beside the sea.
Let time and truth make clarity
Out of our slow unfolding.
[Chorus]
Be gentle, love, be kind this time,
Don’t rush the climb, don’t steal the sky.
I want to try, but not to fight—
Just meet me in this softer light.
Be gentle, love, don’t make me run,
I’ve had enough of coming undone.
-Lyrics and music by Dan R Blincoe II
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