The Road Between Us

Verse 1

I saw you coming down a road, and every step you took was hard.

My feet rose up before I knew, tightening the edges of my guard.

We’d both been taught the same old way—when someone comes, you square up.

You run at them with hatred first, before they call your bluff.

Chorus

We can run at each other with hatred, like we’ve always been told to do.

Or run toward each other with love, letting something gentler pull us through.

It’s the same two legs, the same quick breath, the same dust rising above.

Only the intent is different—run at with hate, or run toward with love.

Verse 2

You leaned forward like a storm front, ready for the break.

I felt the old fear in my chest, the kind that makes the body shake.

But something in the moment held, a pause that cut the dark in two.

And I could see the choice laid bare—the one for me, the one for you.

Chorus

We can run at each other with hatred, like we’ve always been told to do.

Or run toward each other with love, letting something gentler pull us through.

It’s the same two legs, the same quick breath, the same dust rising above.

Only the intent is different—run at with hate, or run toward with love.

Bridge

It doesn’t take a miracle, just a shift in how we move.

A turning of the body toward the thing we want to prove.

Two people on a narrow road, deciding what they’re made of.

Run at with hate and break the world—run toward with love and lift it up.

Final Chorus

We can run at each other with hatred, or run toward each other with grace.

On a road that’s rough and haunted, we decide what fills the space.

It’s the same two legs, the same quick breath, the same dust rising above.

Only the intent is different—run at with hate, or run toward with love.