I Am the One You Love

[Verse 1]

I used to introduce myself

By everything I'd done

By the titles and the failures

By the races lost and won

But there's a shorter introduction

And it's the only one that's true

I am the one you love

I am the one leaning into you

[Chorus]

I am the one you love

That's my name, that's my ground

Not the striving, not the proving

Not the noise of my own sound

When the world asks who I am

I don't have to look around

I am the one you love

And that's where I am found

[Verse 2]

Let the morning bring its meetings

Let the evening bring its list

I can carry all my ordinary

Held inside of this

The romance of the ages

Isn't somewhere in the sky

It's the way you look at me

It's the yes inside your eye

[Bridge]

And when they lay me down someday

Beneath a simple stone

Don't write the things I did

Write this, and this alone

[Final Chorus]

She was the one he loved

That was her name, that was her ground

Not the striving, not the proving

Not the noise of her own sound

When the world asked who she was

She never looked around

I am the one you love

And that's where I am found

[Spoken Blessing]

Beloved, go home wearing your true name

Loved before the world was

Found before you were lost

Nothing can separate you

You are the one he loves

The romance of the ages is yours

Goodnight.

[Outro]

I am the one you love

That's enough…

That's enough.

Text origin

21st century

Melody origin

21st century

Recording

2026

Original language

English

Performed language

English

Musical form

Gospel