Don’t Promise Me Forever

You said you’d bring me every star, No road could ever be too far. You swore that nothing could divide The two of us against the tide. But when the ordinary came, Your words and actions weren’t the same. You promised worlds beyond the blue, I only asked you to come through. Don’t promise me forever If you can’t be here today. Don’t swear you’ll cross the ocean If one storm turns you away. I don’t need the moon and stars Or words too beautiful to prove. Don’t promise the impossible— Just do what you can do. I know you meant each word you said, With love and dreams inside your head. But feelings rise and feelings fall, And words alone can’t hold it all. True love is in the little things, The quiet care each morning brings. A hand that stays when days are hard Means more than every promised star. Don’t promise me forever If you can’t be here today. Don’t swear you’ll cross the ocean If one storm turns you away. I don’t need the moon and stars Or words too beautiful to prove. Don’t promise the impossible— Just do what you can do. Don’t tell me you would die for me, Just live the words you say. I never needed everything— Just don’t let small things fade. Don’t promise me forever If you can’t be here today. Don’t swear you’ll cross the ocean If one storm turns you away. I don’t need the moon and stars Or words too beautiful to prove. Don’t promise the impossible— Just do what you can do.