We Can Call Love Our Own Now

I was so afraid this story wouldn't have a happy ending.

A life not worth anything but moving and pretending.

Pick me up again, like you did when we met.

Eyes wide, hearts close, and me in your arms.

When I told you I felt safe, and couldn't face harm

every time that you hold me, well,

it wasn't a lie.

You're the reason tears of joy could fall from my eye.

And each night I lie awake dreaming

wondering why you chose me.

You could've captivated any girl that you see.

I was broken and fragile, and a little bit lost.

But somehow you decided my love was worth the cost.

And if I were to write out this story

of the life I have lived

it would tell of a love overwhelming

that never fails to give.

I was lost and uncertain, facing years in the night

but you whispered to me so surely

that we'd both be alright.

Love was a word I'd once dreamed up

for the higher up stars.

But now its the core of my being.

And we can call it ours.

You're the Stars That Light My Sky

Starlit streets and window panes
Converse on a sidewalk plane
Rainy streets and misty eyes
Moments take me by surprise

And I think you know I love
It was whispered from above
Let it linger while you rest
Form your smile. It's the best.

How many ways can you arrange
Three little words
One tiny joy
Silly girl and searching boy
And talk of how its so cliche
All the kisses in the rain
But still you kissed her anyways
I will love you all my days

Smiling eyes and hands held tight
Whispered promises at night
Lets loose track of time again
Watch the starry night ascend

How many ways can you arrange
Three little words
One tiny joy
Silly girl and searching boy
And talk of how its so cliche
All the kisses in the rain
But still you kissed her anyways
I will love you all my days

And I will love you for forever
Until the stars fall from the sky
And even then I'll be so clever
to catch then all before they die.
You are the stars that light my sky...

How many ways can I arrange
Three little words
One tiny joy
Silly girl and searching boy
And talks of how its so cliche
All the kisses in the rain
But still you kissed me anyways
I will love you all my days.

Yeah, I will love you all my days.

Things I Learned From Love

There's some things that are always hard to admit.
Feelings we hide and things we regret
But there's one thing I couldn't readily say
till the feeling had been locked up, thrown away,
and I loved you.
Before you walked into my life
I would look in the mirror with a frown on my face
wishing I could be anything but who I was
and be anywhere else except in this place.
I was struggling to find any glimpse of hope
that my future would love me more than the past.
But I was so weary and easily broken
and I'd been deciding that nothing could last.
Yeah it hurts to admit it, but this silly girl
would look at herself, then around at the world
and decided that it was more beautiful than she.
Everything in the world could be more beautiful than me.
So she burnt and she broke and she cut down a life
that could so and too often have been easily saved.
Because she tried and tried to help everyone else
but she never recieved any of the love that she gave.
Yeah that girl laid there broken, staring at the sky,
asking please if God could just let her cry.
Let her break into pieces instead of trying to be strong.
This was not the right story, this was not the right song.
And the tears fall down as she remembers, all along
she was lying to herself.
Yeah she'd been misguided to the fact she was worth nothing else
than a scar and a memory and a tear in the night.
And with no one to hold her, she thought she was right.
But the world turns wonders when we need it most.
You walked right in and held her, and loved here, and said
that she was more beautiful than the thoughts in her head.
You swore she was worth it and looked her in the eyes
and her heart let you in as she tried to realize
that you loved every part of her just as she was.
Not out of spite or ambition, but simply out of love.
She was frightened and breaking till the day you arrived.
But you held her so tightly, and thank God.
She survived.
She would have laughed if the world
would have told her one day
that a boy would walk in
and sweep her away.
But you proved to her that beauty
is more than we see.
You showed a girl she was lovable
and that girl
was me.

Letter to A Boy

I was a delinquent with the pen.
My words were graffiti on each page
pouring out the heart of every piece of evil.
I skipped town in my mind and
abandoned each piece of my heart.
Or maybe, I guess I didn't.
I think I found a little piece, and who knew
a heart can grow back together?
When I was little I wrote to
a man I'd one day meet.
And I told him I'd love him forever
even though we'd never met.
Pouring my heart out over pages,
I dreamed he'd sweep me off my feet.
You swept me off my feet,
coming in like a hurricane of color
that painted all the pieces of my gray world.
One smile can bring me to my knees
even if I don't show it.
Each night my hands rest on the keys
and I try so hard to write a song for you.
But your life is more beautiful to me
than any melody.
It's not something we can put into words.
Love is stronger than a song.
All I know is that I love, and I'll love you forever.
This heart here, however broken once,
has always bent at the seams with love.
I love too much. I love too strongly.
I've loved too little...
But now, now it's all going to be okay.
The sun rises and sets with each new day
and I have a heart to call my own.
I have a hand that I can hold.
I have love that will never go...
You are that star I stared at from my window
wishing you would find me, promising I would wait,
even if it took forever.
My heart has always belonged to you
I just didn't know the name to the face.
But you walked right in
just as I was stumbling
and you caught me effortlessly before I fell.
Charmed by love, I am swept away now.
Keep me floating on this dream.
I am living in my freedom.
The freedom that I longed for was never to be given
but it was inside me
only to be unlocked
the moment I found you.
Love.