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Your heart bursts when I'm high
You share in my joy
Your heart breaks when I'm low
You're fully deployed
But what I need the most
Is the everyday
Someone that's in my corner
In the commonplace
Dance with me in the highlights
Cry with me in the lowlights
If you're with me I'm alright
In valleys, plateaus, and high plains,
Thunder and drought and light rain
Walk with me in the mundane
Listen when I tell you about my day
Sit with me when there's nothing to say
Be my anchor when I drift away
Faithful is your word, you follow through
I know that I can depend on you
You show me more to be and less to do
You're the one I think of
When something's on my mind
You are for me
Always on standby
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I have something to tell you
It's been on my mind
Can't find any paper
To write any lines
When I try to be quiet
Bones waste away
If I knew I could get through
Maybe I could reach this
Place where there's time to unsay what I said
Where sunlight is falling on fields of red
Where time passes slowly and gently with ease
We see every moment we shared with clarity
Can you come back to the real world?
I wanna reach you here
If you could see with these eyes
Our love would reappear
Spinning on different orbits
All I can do is wait
For our stars to be parallel
So we can reach this
Place where there's time to unsay what I said
Where sunlight is falling on fields of red
Where time passes slowly and gently with ease
We see every moment we shared
Oh, and just like the water that reaches the sand
We will be as one and enjoy this new land
No, I will not rest 'til you're happy as I
We'll open our eyes and awake to clarity
Oh, will you come back now
I wish you would reach out
Oh, can't stand the silence
Alone on this island
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Lord please tame this tongue of burning fire
Broken laughter, joking actors
You're compensating your complements
By confiscating their confidence
Rock and a hard place, heart made of rock
You rocking that hard face, tryna walk what you talk
Spitting gravel on your frenemies, you are but you're not
A rabble rousing revelry,
you bark and you balk (while)
you spar in the dark (wild)
Disheartened by the argument but harden your heart (child)
Diss pardon on the part of men the heart of the art
Just pocketing a parliament of partisan ha ha has
You got em and you're proud of it, ha ha has
You got em and you're proud of it, nah nah nah
My needs are precious, like a ring
Delicate to hold
Present in everything
Cast into the mold
I could melt the metal down
Fashioning a sword
Weaponizing all my fears
Playing god, little lord
But I will let you see my needs
You're someone I trust
Beautiful when they're exposed
Reminding me I'm dust
And when I lay my body down
My weakness is a seed
Glory when the harvest comes
Planted like a tree
Lord please tame this tongue of burning fire
(Cool my pride)
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I had the brightest flowers
But I was lacking deeper roots
I had the loudest words
But I still failed to speak the truth
If I had my rights I wouldn't be here
If I set my sights I wouldn't see clear
If you are the light, would you be near
Five courses were laid out for me
But I still hadn't had a taste
I wore a veil for oh so long
How could I hope to see your face?
What other answer would do?
The answer is you
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If there was a manual for how to make me fall in love
I'd bet that you read it
Maybe wrote it
Because you're bringing beauty out of me
With every note that you sing
Your voice
Like an ocean
It's flowing with love
Oh, our song will stand the test of time
Oh, it's so divine
Will you write a new song with me
Crystallize ourselves in melodies
When you add a chord I'll add a tune
As you fill the page, joy fills the room
We're two embers, we're burning slow
You're the wind that makes this fire grow
Co-creators we are, you and I
Sharing that which makes us most alive
My heart jumps when you laugh
Skips a beat every time you smile
Feel like you get me
Feel like I'm set free
And when you're listening, I feel heard
You respond to every word
You are what I've been looking for
And you're also so much more
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Postlude
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