If You Smile


[Verse 1]
When your lashes fall like slow evening rain
does your heart sway the same way mine leans into you
there’s a trembling you keep behind that quiet flame
one whisper from you and I’m already gone, lost in the blue
I’m tracing every hush between your breaths
like verses only heaven ever knew
if your pulse is dancing the way mine confesses
then darling, we’re already bound, already true


[Pre-Chorus]
One glance and I forget how to fall
one smile and I never want to touch the ground at all


[Chorus]
If you smile I’d lay the whole world at your feet
trade every sunrise for the warmth of your lips on me
if you smile the stars would dim just to watch
and time itself would pause, jealous of what we’ve got
I’d gather the moonlight, pour it slow over your skin
let the oceans sing soft while the night lets us in
if you smile even angels would close their wings and sigh
and I’d live, I’d die, I’d live forever in that light
[Short flowing interlude – 8–10 seconds of liquid guitar and swelling strings]


[Verse 2]
Let the years come gentle, let the storms come slow
I’ll turn every shadow into petals where your bare feet go
I’m dreaming in colors that don’t have names yet
just to paint them across your smile when the morning forgets
I’m begging the silence, I’m kissing the air
for one slow curve of your mouth to appear
one smile from you and the whole universe kneels
whispering stay, whispering here, whispering near

[Pre-Chorus]
One look and the world goes quiet
one smile and forever feels like tonight


[Chorus]
If you smile I’d lay the whole world at your feet
trade every sunrise for the warmth of your lips on me
if you smile the moon would blush and hide away
and every prayer I never prayed would learn your name
I’d gather the starlight, weave it into your hair
let the rivers run backward just to bring me there
if you smile even paradise would step aside
and I’d drown, I’d rise, I’d drown forever in your eyes


[Bridge – half-time, heartbeat slows, voice floating]
They say love should be careful, should be safe, should be wise
I say let it be reckless, let it be vast as the skies
I’d burn every tomorrow just to feel you now
I’d forget every god for the heaven of your
one… endless… smile…


[Final Chorus – key up one whole step, luminous, choir-soft backing vocals]
If you smile I’d lay eternity down
every kingdom of heaven for the smallest of sounds
if you smile the darkness would learn how to sing
and death would forget every promise it brings
let the clocks stop turning, let the skies fall apart
I’d still be holding the pieces of your heart
if you smile nothing else will ever matter
my love, my life, my ever after


[Outro – voice barely a whisper, instruments fading into velvet silence]
Just smile, my love… and the whole world disappears
just smile… and I’ll love you beyond the last tear
just smile…
and I’ll be yours long after the stars forget how to shine


[Last single guitar note rings alone for 15 seconds, then gentle silence]


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