Dont Call It Love

Don’t call it love Don’t call it

love

If it makes me lose myself Don’t call it love

You say my name like it means something Then move strange when

I need something I feel the switch before the sound I know

when warmth starts cooling down

I’m tired of guessing through a screen Tired of reading in between

Tired of pretty little words That leave bruises no one sees You

don’t get to hold my hand Then make me feel hard to

understand You don’t get to pull me close Then act like I’m

asking for the most

If I gotta shrink to keep you near If I gotta hide

the way I fear If I gotta beg for peace from you

Then tell me what you think love means

Don’t call it love If it makes me lonely Don’t call it

love If you only know me When it’s easy When it’s quiet

When I’m smiling When I’m silent Don’t call it love If it

makes me smaller Don’t call it love If I fall harder Than

you’re willing Than you’re giving Than you’re showing Don’t call it love

Love, love, love That ain’t love Love,

love, love Don’t call it love Love,

love, love That ain’t love If I lose me Don’t call it

love

I don’t need thunder,

I need steady I don’t need perfect,

I need ready Not a maybe with a sweet face Not a

promise with an escape I know care by how it stays Not

how it talks on better days I know truth by what it

does Not by what it almost was You can miss me when

I’m gone That don’t mean you held me strong You can want

me when it hurts That don’t mean you put me first If

I gotta shrink to keep you near If I gotta hide the

way I fear If I gotta beg for peace from you Then

tell me what you think love means

Don’t call it love If it makes me lonely Don’t call it

love If you only know me When it’s easy When it’s

quiet When I’m smiling When I’m silent Don’t call it love If

it makes me smaller

Don’t call it love If I fall harder Than you’re willing Than

you’re giving Than you’re showing Don’t call it love

Love should not feel like a warning sign Love should not make

me apologize For needing care in a normal way For asking you

not to fade away Love should not leave me checking tone Love

should not feel safer alone Love should not make my chest go

numb Then ask me why I want to run I’m not too

much I’m not too hard I’m not a problem For having scars

So if it hurts More than it heals

Call it something else But don’t call it real Don’t call it

love If it makes me lonely Don’t call it love If you

only know me When it’s easy When it’s quiet When I’m smiling

When I’m silent Don’t call it love

If it makes me smaller Don’t call it love

If I fall harder Than you’re willing

Than you’re giving Than you’re showing

Don’t call it love Love,

love, love That ain’t love Love,

love, love Don’t call it love If I lose me

If I lose trust

If I lose sleep

Don’t call it love