«Love That Carries Me Up» (v.2)

[Intro]
(Solo acoustic guitar, slow reggae strum.Silence, breath.Single voice, barely above a whisper)

[Verse 1]
Did I trouble you, bring you sweet pain?
My fault — I couldn't find the words
I saw storms inside your eyes
I feared you'd leave... yet I went on
I held you close and spun you, adoring
Embraced your soul each night with love
Nothing has faded, I drown in your eyes
I'm here — and you keep my light alive

[Pre-Chorus]
(Vocal starts to rise,Guitar stops,One beat of total,
 silence,Then —)

[Chorus]
Hello, my love, hello, my darling
You're always the one — until the very end
Hello, my love, hello, my darling
You became the one I'd walk through fire for

[Verse 2]
(Back to intimate reggae, acoustic only,Voice fragile again, but now with hope underneath)
You bewitched my heart, captured my soul
Changed my life and gave me strength
Love was never blind from the start
I saw you — and I was lost
Kissed your lips, your face in my hands
We shared the flames, burning side by side
I drank your whispers, the glow of your eyes
I'm struck by you — can't hide this love

[Pre-Chorus]
(Building, breathing, tension rising.One beat of total silence.Then —)

[Chorus]
Hello, my love, hello, my darling
You're always the one — until the very end
Hello, my love, hello, my darling
You became the one I'd walk through fire for

[Verse 3]
(Back to intimate, fragile reggae)
I'm a dreamer, I live in the dawn
You can't steal my soul, can't hide the blue
If you leave — remember my name
And how everything that was "us" still burns
I've seen your tears, I've seen your laugh
Watched you sleep, stepped into your night
I would've been a father, walked that road

[Bridge]
I knew your pain, you knew mine
Storms stood in our way, but we held on
I love you — and God lights us above
Without you there'd be no me, no life
I hold your hands, even as the years have come

[Chorus]
Hello, my love, hello, my darling
You're always the one — until the very end
Hello, my love, hello, my darling
You became the one I'd walk through fire for

[Outro]
(Acoustic guitar returns)
I love to hold your hand in sleep
I pray in the silence of the night
I always speak the truth
Even when you can't hear me
I'm filled with you, my love

So empty... so empty
And my heart beats like an echo
One last whispered line
And the echo... in the heavens
Silence