Listen to "I Am the Love"

The Intention

The long detour of looking outside yourself for something already inside you. The song turns on a single line, "we give what we are," which reframes love as something you generate rather than something you go find. The second verse turns outward, meeting someone else in their doubt with the same recognition.

Lyrics

Verse 1 I spent my days chasing what wasn't gone Reaching for ground I was already standing on 'Til I turned within and began to see What I searched for was always in me Pre-Chorus We give what we are Chorus I am the love I've tried to find I am the love It's always been mine I am enough I've never left my side I am the love I am the love Verse 2 I see you there in your moment of doubt Wondering why you can't find your way out I've walked that road, I know that place And I'll meet you there with an open embrace Pre-Chorus We give what we are Chorus I am the love I've tried to find I am the love It's always been mine I am enough I've never left my side I am the love I am the love Bridge All of this love was never outside It's the pulse within me, my breath, my life I am the love that lives inside I am the love Chorus I am the love I've tried to find I am the love It's always been mine I am enough I've never left my side I am the love I am the love I am the love I am the love I am the love I am the love

How to Use This Song

For the days you're waiting on someone else to tell you you're enough. Let it play until the waiting loosens.

The affirmation it reinforcesI am the love I've tried to find. It's always been mine.

Warm acoustic folk with an open, arriving chorus.

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