Simplicity of "I Love You"

I look at you every morning
I wait for you to say those words
And even when I’m all alone and hurting
You won’t ask to see what hurts

And because the love in your eyes are gone
I start to wonder if it was ever there
And insomnia overcomes me till the break of dawn
Because I can’t fall asleep knowing you lost that glare

I see your body, you say you care, but your heart is so cold
Where is the look you gave me when you said we would grow old
Was I just an infatuation to make you forget someone else
The way we live our lives feels like unread books on a shelf

And I patiently waited for you to say those words
I’ve patiently withheld all the things that makes me hurt
I’ve prayed, I’ve cried, I’ve lied to make them feel okay
Truth of the matter is, the kids are the reason that I stayed

And all I wanted was for you to say those words
But when you did, all you created was more hurt
You said it when you were lying straight to my face
You said it as if it was going to be your redeeming grace

All you did was push me away
Now I don’t believe anything you say
I’ve learned to live like two former lovers
I’ll respect you, but I promise, don’t you ever
Tell me something you’ll regret
I’ve held it this long, but I’ll never forget
And in the end, it’s your lost, not mine
I was willing to give all of me in eternity’s time

But I’ll hold on to what you never could
My God, my refuge, the reason I am understood
You never realized what makes me strong
I pour my heart out in the simplicity of a song
And my voice is finally heard
My pain is finally gone
He took me as I am
And to Him I was drawn

Never will I look back at the past
You're still here so win me over
Time wasn’t built to last
So make me once again your lover

And say those words
But only after you show me

That you mean what you say
And you say what you mean

And I’ll be forever yours
The way it should be.