Already In

You laughed at something I don't remember
Funny how that works
I forgot the joke
But I never forgot
Wanting to hear you laugh again
Back then
Love looked like staying up all night
Windows down
Talking about who we'd become
Turns out
We had no idea

Now it's little shoes by the front door
Two cups of coffee going cold
One of us says
You get some sleep
The other says
No
I've got him
Nobody writes songs about that
Maybe they should

Because somewhere between
I can't live without you
And
Did you remember to lock the back door
Love grew roots

I wasn't just saying yes
To the woman standing there
I was saying yes
To every stranger
You'd become
The girl with laughing eyes
The mother who worries too much
The woman who'll someday
Need help getting out of a chair
I was already in

We'll disappoint each other
We'll say things we wish we hadn't
Life will take pieces
Neither of us planned on giving away
Our faces will change
Our dreams will change
Our bodies will change
If we're lucky
Even our minds will
But I'll keep learning you
Like it's the first time

Maybe forever
Was never about
Staying the same
Maybe forever
Is waking up beside someone
You've never met before
And loving them anyway

So when the pictures fade
And the kids have kids
And the house gets quiet
For the very first time
Find my hand
If I can squeeze yours back
You'll know
I'd choose every hard year
Every long night
Every goodbye
Every sunrise
All over again
Because I never promised
To love who you were
I promised
To love
Who we'd become
And somewhere before
Either of us knew
What life would ask of us
I was already in