Lyrics

“Testament”
(Written by Gary Bryant)

Hey… come here for a second…
I know I ain’t been saying everything I feel…
But tonight… I gotta be real with you… yeah…

[Verse 1
I’m gonna make this vow to you, the truth is something you must hear
My heart, my soul… been holdin’ back, but baby I’m right here
I never gave you proof enough, of all this love I hold
And now that space between us… feels colder than it should

The meaning lost inside the words, they don’t come out the same
I try to say what’s in my heart, but it don’t match the pain
It don’t express the love we got, the way it’s meant to be
Girl, every time I try to speak… it slips away from me

I need you more than I’ve ever shown before
Feels like my hands tied back when I reach for your heart
(Background: reach for you… reach for you…)
I can’t just touch you the way I want to
So I’m lookin’ up above… need a little help with us
(Ad-lib: oh yeah… help me now)

[Hook – Full group, rich harmonies, wide stereo]
I’m tryna love you louder than these words can say
(ohhh yeah… yeah…)
Tryna show you in a deeper way
(deeper way… deeper way…)
Even when the distance pulls us far apart
I’m still right here, givin’ you my heart
I won’t give up, no matter what it costs
(never… never…)
I’m fightin’ for a love we can’t afford to lose
We gotta find our way back to us
Girl, this is that love… I been speakin’ of
(Ad-lib: yeah… don’t you feel it…)

[Verse 2 – Lead, more intensity, emotional build]
I’m tryna stand up like a man, through everything we face
Even when it hurts inside, I won’t walk away
Represent you through it all, no matter what it takes
Even if the road gets dark… I won’t let us break

(Background: don’t let it break… no…)
There’s a disturbance in the way we move, I feel it in the air
Tryna put it back together, show you that I care
I know it ain’t been easy, I know I caused some pain
But I’m willin’ to rebuild this love… again and again
(Ad-lib: again… yeah…)

[Bridge – Emotional peak, layered harmonies expanding wide]
And I… I refuse to let this go
(Background: don’t let it go…)
We’ve come too far to lose it now
(we’ve come too far…)
Every tear, every fight… every moment we survived
Means there’s still somethin’ real inside
(Ad-lib: ohhh… feel me… feel me now…)
I’m reaching… even when I can’t touch
I’m callin’… when it all gets too much
And I need you to see… what you mean to me
(Background swells: you mean everything… everything…)

I’m tryna love you louder than these words can say
(so much louder… yeah…)
Tryna show you in a deeper way
(deeper… deeper…)
Even when the distance pulls us far apart
I’m still right here, givin’ you my heart
I won’t give up, no matter what it costs
(never gonna stop… no…)
I’m fightin’ for a love we can’t afford to lose
We gotta find our way back to us
Girl, this is that love… I been speakin’ of
(Ad-lib: ohhh yeah… this that love…)

[Breakdown – Lead soft, almost spoken, minimal instrumentation]
I need you… (inhale)
In a way I never said before…
(Background: need you… need you…)
Don’t let this slip away from us…

I’m tryna loooove you louder… than these words can say
(laaouder… louder baby…)
Tryna show you in a deeeeper waaay
(deeper way… ohhh…)
Even when the distance pulls us faaar apart
I’m still right heeere… givin’ you my heaaart
I won’t give up… no matter what it coooosts
(never… never let go…)
I’m fightin’ for a love we can’t afford to loooose
We gotta find our way back to us
Girl, this is that loooove… I been speakin’ of

This that love… (yeah…)
Don’t give up on us… (no, no, no…)
I’m still here… (I’m still here, baby…)
We gon’ find our way… yeah…