The Water Was Unbearable

Verse

We didn’t talk much on the drive up

Just the road, trees, and quiet

You reached for the radio

But didn’t turn it on, why?

How strange to feel distant from you

Sitting right beside you

But the lake was there

Still, open, almost waiting for us

Verse

I watched your body pause

That tiny break in your confidence

You tried to laugh through

"Water is cold" you said

I touched the surface

And then for a second or two

I wanted to get undressed

Almost did, l won't lie

Pre-chorus

You reached for me

Smiling with sapphire eyes

"We can do this together" you said

"or not at all baby"

Chorus

The water was unbearable

And somehow

I didn’t want to leave

Because it stripped everything down

The distance, the routine

All the ways we’d been hiding

Without meaning to

And underneath all of that

There it was again our love

Not perfect, not simple, but real

Verse

We touched slowly like it mattered

Like we both knew

This wasn’t really about the lake

The cold didn’t fade

It settled in, honest, unavoidable

I looked at you

And for the first time in a while

I was seeing you, as you are now

Pre-chorus

You didn’t say much

You never do when it matters most

But your hand stayed in mine

Warm, steady, certain

Chorus

The water was unbearable

And somehow

I didn’t want to leave

It stripped everything down

The distance, the routine

All the ways we’d been hiding

Without meaning to

And underneath all of that

There it was again our love

Not perfect, not simple, but real