Jaro Kvarin - Without The Word

My father never said the words out loud
Too proud, too quiet, too old-fashioned proud
But every time I had a fever, he'd appear
With medicine he bought before the dawn was clear
He'd leave it on my nightstand, say nothing
Go back to sleep before the world was running
Three words were never said, not even close
But that small bottle said what mattered most
Without the words, without the I love you
He loved me in every single thing he'd do
Without the words, without the words
Love showed up anyway
Without the words, it was there in everything each day
The medicine, the drive, the waiting, yeah
Without the words, all that action was enough
It still was love
Doo doo doo doo, yeah
The people that I love, I never say
I leave it in the things I do each day
I buy the food they mention just in passing
I show up when they call without them asking
A text at midnight, hey I thought of you
That's how I say the thing I can't push through
Three words to kiss somewhere behind my chest
But every action screams what words compress
Without the words, without the I love you
We love each other in everything we do
Without the words, without the words
Love showed up anyway
Without the words, it was there in everything each day
Without the words, you're showing up for staying, being there
Without the words, that was more than any word could bear
Maybe tonight I'll try to say it
Three simple words I've swallowed for so long
To my father, to my mother, to the ones who showed me
What love looks like
I love you
I love you
I love you
And I should have said it sooner
Without the words