
Multitudes
The words I couldn't keep inside
I wrote this for the man I knew once, the man I somehow missed, and the man I finally got to see.
For every layer. Every contradiction. Every beautiful, complicated piece.
You have multitudes. And I love every one.
Lyrics
[Intro]
At seventeen I wrote down what I wanted
Every quality I thought love should hold
I set the bar as high as I could reach
And Locked it in a drawer
Stopped believing he existed
Didn’t search for him anymore
Then one day, there you were
The one I gave up waiting for
You don’t understand
What I see when I look at you
But you’re the rarest thing
Every part of you so true
[Verse]
I knew the boy who made me laugh
Who'd say the wrong thing just to see me smile
I knew the wit, knew the grin
I just never knew the man within
I saw you only as my funny friend
but something shifted in the light
I saw the man behind the schoolboy laugh
Suddenly, everything felt right
[Pre-Chorus]
I love your restless, beautiful mind
Your spaghetti factory working overtime
I love how I can calm your noise
And you can quiet mine
I love our endless conversations
How we laugh and lose track of time
Those moments wrapped up in each other
When we leave the world behind
[Chorus]
Baby, you're a man with multitudes
And every one undoes me
The playful and the deep
The funny and the tender
The brilliant and the bruised
The wicked and the wanting
You're my rarity, my king
You’re my everything
[Verse]
You notice what I haven't said
I've never felt so known
You get the feelings I cannot name
My face has never learned to lie to you
You work so hard, always giving all you’ve got
You build, you fix, you carry
Damn i respect you hard
I'm so proud I get to do life with you
And somehow you still look at me
Like I'm more than you deserve
How I wish that you could see
Your spectacular self through me
[Pre-Chorus]
You call me your queen and I feel it
Not in jewels, but in the way
You listen like my every word
Has somewhere safe to stay
No woman ever wanted you like this
A hundred waiting firsts inside a single kiss
I'll learn your body, I'll learn your mind
And love all the places no one else could find
[Chorus]
Baby, you're a man with multitudes
And every one undoes me
The playful and the deep
The funny and the tender
The brilliant and the bruised
The wicked and the wanting
You're my rarity, my king
You’re my everything
[Bridge]
I set down my armor
Letting myself fall in
I want the kind of forever
I can feel beneath my skin
No careful half-step toward it
No keeping one foot out the door
No holding back my heart now
This time I want more
You’re that living, breathing letter
Resting warm inside my hand
You're my first forever
I'm trusting where we land
[Chorus]
Baby, you're a man with multitudes
And every one undoes me
The playful and the deep
The funny and the tender
The brilliant and the bruised
The wicked and the wanting
You're my rarity, my king
You’re my everything
[Outro]
You are a rarity, my love
My equal, my match in every way
I love the man you are
I fall further every day
All those years, I never knew
But I know exactly who I'm holding now
The boy I missed at seventeen
Now the man I get to love completely
Baby you have multitudes,
And EVERY one undoes me
