[Verse 1]
From the first week, disbelief
That someone like you wanted me
You were more than any future
I had ever dared to see

I told you I was damaged
Like a fact already known
But I'd only named the fracture
Not how deep it reached the bone

[Pre-Chorus]
I thought time had made me safer
I thought love had closed the wound
I never knew the thing I buried
Would one day fill every room

[Chorus]
You've been the best thing in my life
Before the rings, before the vows
Every ordinary morning
Built the home I still miss now

Then guilt became the pressure
And control was all I knew
I thought hiding was the right thing
It was the worst thing I could do

[Verse 2]
The first thing that you felt was distance
In the way I left your side
Touch became a kind of mirror
I could no longer look inside

Every fear became a system
Every doubt became a rule
I kept tightening my grip
Till control was all I knew

[Pre-Chorus]
I thought if I could hold one thing
While everything came loose
I'd save the life I couldn't lose
But I was losing you

[Chorus]
You've been the best thing in my life
Before the rings, before the vows
Every ordinary morning
Built the home I still miss now

Then guilt became the pressure
And control was all I knew
I thought hiding was the right thing
It was the worst thing I could do

[Bridge]
We chose titanium for our rings
Lighter, stronger than gold
I wish I'd learned what that should mean:
Strength is not how hard you hold

We still wear them, thin and quiet
Though our home has changed its shape
Something strong can still be broken
Something true can fail to stay

[Final Chorus]
You've been the best thing in my life
Before the rings, before the vows
I knew it in that first week
And I know it even now

I told you I was damaged
But neither of us knew
How deep the fracture travelled
Or what the shame would do

I can't ask to have us back
Or promise what comes after us
I can only face the truth now

And hope we never lose touch