[Verse 1]
You rise with the sun, boots touch the floor,
That steady kind of man I don’t question anymore.
Coffee cooling down, keys in your hand,
You don’t promise the world, you just do what you can.
Your hands carry miles I’ll never see,
But they feel like safety when they’re holding me.
Every road you’ve walked, every weight you’ve known,
You still leave room for love to feel like home.
(harmony, low: “my home… my home”)
[Pre-Chorus]
Somewhere between the quiet and true,
I stopped being mine and became part of you.
(harmony, breathy: “I’m yours… I’m yours”)
[Chorus]
Steady as the river runs,
I lean into you like it’s where I’m from.
(harmony, sustained: “where I belong”)
If my heart ever learned what it’s meant to do,
It learned how to stay when it found you.
(harmony, gentle echo: “stay… stay”)
I’m proud of the man you’re growing to be,
Every piece of me believes in you.
(harmony, high and soft: “every piece of me”)
[Verse 2]
I see the father in your patient eyes,
Teaching little boys how to stand up right.
You give them your time, your worn-out days,
Turn simple moments into something safe.
You don’t ask for thanks, you don’t count the cost,
You just show up even when you’re lost.
Watching you love them so honestly
Teaches my heart what forever means.
(harmony, warm: “forever means”)
[Pre-Chorus]
I didn’t fall fast, I didn’t fall free,
I settled in love where my soul felt peace.
(harmony, barely audible: “my soul… at peace”)
[Chorus]
Steady as the river runs,
I lean into you like it’s where I’m from.
(harmony: “I’m yours”)
Through the waiting, through the unknown,
My heart knows where it belongs.
(harmony, descending: “right here”)
I’m proud of the man you’re becoming still,
I stand behind every dream you build.
(harmony: “I stand with you”)
[Bridge – emotional lift, harmonies bloom slightly]
You’ve been strong in ways no one applauds,
Held it together when it got real hard.
Still you dream, still you try,
Still talk about the life ahead in your eyes.
If the road bends slow or the answers delay,
I’m not going anywhere—I’m here to stay.
(harmony, sustained note under “stay”)
I don’t need a reason, I don’t need proof,
Loving you just feels true.
(harmony, soft echo: “feels true”)
[Verse 3]
You make time for me in the quiet hours,
When the house slows down and the night is ours.
A night or two, but it means the most,
Just breathing you in, feeling close.
I don’t need grand words or a perfect plan,
Just your tired smile and your open hand.
Love like this doesn’t come and go—
It roots down deep, it learns to grow.
(harmony, low and warm: “roots down deep”)
[Final Chorus – softened, resolved]
Steady as the river runs,
I don’t wander anymore—I’ve found my one.
(harmony: “my one”)
If my soul ever wondered where it should be,
It rests in you, it stays with me.
(harmony, sustained: “it stays”)
I’m proud of the life you’re living true,
And I choose you, love—I always choose you
