When I See You
Lyrics
The air stills when you walk in,
You smile — and the room remembers
What light was made to do;
My pulse forgets its pace.
Every thought I had of distance
Fades inside your face.
I find my breath again
In the quiet shape of you.
You reach, and the world unfolds,
Like hands that learned to pray.
All the noise of all the years
Just slips away.
I see the soul I love,
The heart I never lost;
Every heartbeat’s saying, stay,
No matter what the cost.
When I see you, I am whole,
Every shadow turns to gold.
We don’t need to speak — we’re known,
Writhing slow beneath the soul.
Every sigh, every touch,
Tells the truth that’s more than us.
When I see you,
I remember how to love.
You whisper, “The world feels safe inside your arms,”
I breathe, “I’ll guard you from the storm.”
Your voice unravels every wall,
You are as beautiful as ever
There’s peace in every trembling word,
The hush before the flame —
Two hearts learning how to pray,
And calling it by name.
When I see you, I am whole,
Every scar turns bright and bold.
We don’t chase the past — we know,
We were fire long ago.
Every sigh, every touch,
Still reminds me what I trust.
When I see you,
The world becomes enough.
You smile… I breathe…
We’re found again — completely.
Story Behind the Song
“When I See You” was written as a song about recognition — that feeling when someone walks into the room
and everything in you settles. It’s not about infatuation or first sparks; it’s about the kind of love that has
already been tested by time, distance, and real life, and still says, “stay, no matter what the cost.”
I wanted the verses to feel intimate and quiet, like the world shrinking down to two people and a moment.
The air stills, the noise of the years drops away, and what’s left is not perfection, but recognition —
seeing the soul you love and realizing you never really lost them, even if you’ve been through storms together.
The choruses are about identity and grounding. “When I see you, I am whole” isn’t saying that another person completes you,
but that there are people in our lives who help us remember who we really are. They see the best version of us when
we’ve forgotten it, and their presence turns shadows into something bright and bearable.
The bridge leans into vulnerability: whispered confessions, promises to guard each other from the storm,
and two hearts “learning how to pray” — reaching for something deeper than just chemistry.
It’s about emotional safety, the kind that lets you exhale and finally say what’s true without fear.
In the final lines — “You smile… I breathe… We’re found again — completely.” — the song closes on something simple.
Not a huge cinematic ending, but a quiet return to being found. It’s the feeling of coming back to someone
after all the noise, all the years, and realizing: this is still home.