I'm learning how to love you

For what you are

And not what I want you to be

But some nights I go down kicking, screaming

Clinging onto

Words I'll regret

When we wake in the same bed in the morning

And I'm mourning

Because I kept you from living out the you that you were born to be

I want you to be the the

You that you were born to be

When does a gentle breeze

Become an irritating wind?

And how can I shift my perspective

Just to turn it back again?

Oh man, I want to understand

The good things while they're still in my life

And the truth is

I'm a better human being because you are alive

And I don't want to miss

You live out your fullness

I want you to be the

You that you were born to be

All the rocks that line this coast

Make up the dangers we fear most

Cliffs and drops and peaks and heights

Also speak beauty into life

Creating you to be the

You that you were born to be

I don't want to miss

The you that you were born to be

And I don't want to miss

You live out your fullness

I want you to be the the

You that you were born to be