I Love You

Out of the Cave

I've said it in thirty tongues and it means the same in every one. I saw love in a hospital bed, smiling through the drip, and in a boy with no name writing I forgive you on a wall. I even saw it in my own cracked mirror, and that one took the longest. Love ain't soft. It's steel in the storm, it's showing up when the whole world says run.

Lyrics

Je t’aime
Te amo
Ich liebe dich
Ti amo
Watashi wa anata o aishiteimasu (Japanese)
Saranghae (Korean)
Mahal kita (Tagalog)
Kocham cię (Polish)

Say it loud, say it strong,
No matter the words, the feeling’s never wrong.
From every tongue, from every land,
We hold the love in our hands.

I love you, I love you!
No matter where we stand, it’s always true.
Te quiero, te iubesc, ya tebya lyublyu!
Ani ohevet otcha
Ke a go rata (Sesotho, South Africa)
Ninakupenda (Swahili)
Ek hou van jou (Afrikaans)
Szeretlek (Hungarian)
Amo vos (Guarani, Paraguay)

Say it loud, say it strong,
No matter the words, the feeling’s never wrong.
From every heart, from every land,
We hold the love in our hands.

I love you, I love you!
No matter where we stand, it’s always true.
Ngiyakuthanda (Zulu), miłość cię czeka (Polish),
Louder now, the world sings too!

Te dua (Al

Alright um um yeah
I saw love in a hospital bed,
Drips in her veins, but she smiled instead.
Said “Life is a war, but I fight with my kiss,”
So I tattooed her name in the sound of my fists.

I saw love in a prison of shame,
In a boy with no name who still played the game.
He wrote “I forgive you” on walls with his blood —
That’s love, not the roses, but rising from mud.

I saw love in a mother’s eyes,
When she lied to the world but her child knew why.
She broke in the night, stitched herself in the day —
That’s love: no applause, just staying, not stray.

I saw love in the mirror, cracked,
My own two eyes staring back at the past.
Said: “Charlie, you’re pain, but you’re still divine.”
So I rapped for the ones who don’t get Valentine’s.

Love ain’t soft. It’s steel in the storm.
It's I got you, I feel you, I keep you warm.
It's showing up when the world says flee —
It's burning alone, but still saying “We.”

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
Feel the rhythm, lose it all,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
But tonight, I lost control.

I love you, I love you!
No matter where we stand, it’s always true.
Te quiero, te iubesc, ya tebya lyublyu!
Louder now, the world sings too!

Words and music: Romian Nazlab · A Bonfire Production