If I built a tower
Stood atop in power
Took every ounce of gold
Filled every house I owned
Flooded streets with my name
It wouldn't be the same

Because the things we own
Don't warm our bones
And the attention we take
Won't stop the ache

But when I saw you smile
It put my heart on trial
And I knew for better or worse
A truth that filled me to burst

I knew that every moment I chose
To pursue that beautiful glow
Was one I could never regret
A moment I could never forget

Every gift I place in your hands
Helps my heart to slowly expand
And every laugh I can set free
Was worth every bit of me

And I knew it made perfect sense
For every effort was at no expense
After the moment I began to see
The revelation welling in me

I simply never knew
I've waited my whole life to love someone like you

I don't think you would understand what I would mean if I told you.

I don't mean that you are hot, or I like your makeup, or even an admiration for those amazing things you were born with like your eyes, your lips, your cheek bones.

No I mean that you are something else entirely.

When I say you are beautiful, I mean that if there ever were such a thing as an angel, it would look like you.

Autumn comes with an amber skin
Violet eyes and a body thin
He whispers quiet so listen carefully
The rustle of leaves heard barely
He sweeps the earth to and fro
Only to craft a bed for winter though

For she is fragile and falls so fast
She needs a home when she lands at last
So Autumn works with his creaking bones
His pain only heard in the windy moans
He labors for her as best he can
Quieting the earth and cooling the breeze
He knows he must have a plan
Or when she falls she will die with ease

He finishes at last with the labor of love
As a chill descends from the sky above
He knows she draws so very near
But he is too tired to see her he fears
But she will know what he has done for her
How he has given everything to shape the earth
She will see as he falls asleep
Happy as can be for he believes

Soon she arrives silent until
Flakes begin to fall from her decent
Shed from her heart so very still
She speaks to the night on the wind
Crying because she is so alone
All the leaves are dead and the animals gone

Why has no one come to see her
After that fall she could be hurt
But no one cares for her
She breathes a sigh
Never does it occur
That this is a lie

She wonders why the world gets dark so fast
Why she is always awake with the last
If only someone could love her so
Hold her through nights so cold
Protect her from the ground below
But no one cares, this she knows
Winter passes and soon she must leave
Gone with the summer, no one will grieve

Autumn returns long after
As always but with quiet laughter
He thinks one chilly day
Not so far away
Autumn will stay
Oh what will she say

When she knows how much he truly cares
And how much he would do for his love
Surely she must be entirely aware
He can almost see her falling above
But so very heavy grow his eyes
He can't keep them open any more
Maybe a nap before she arrives
Dreaming of the winter he did it all for

Fight fire with fire
Flame with flame
Ignite my pyre
And curse my name

Throw a gift away
And burn my throat
Maybe if they stay
They'll never know

Maybe if I see
It'll never show
And if you knew me
You would wish it so

I put my heart on paper it's true

When I try to explain my sadness with this art

My heart looks so much like you

I just can't write anything dark

So I suppose I want you to know

Though it's too soon for it to show

In so much dark you are the light

So for you I continue the fight

I'm short on words I'm afraid
Only fragments come to mind these days
But there's a story to be told
In the few I hold

Far, this one for you, to start
Sometimes miles, mostly in heart

Waiting, not my favorite one
But it has to be done

Falling, you and I 
In different ways sometimes

Doubt, has me plucking apart flowers
She loves me, she loves me not, for hours

Hope, bricks to build our home
Though hard to do here alone

Beauty, on my mind all the time
Your lovely fingers laced in mine

Embrace, I felt something in you
Did you feel it too?

Lastly Happiness, the reason I'm all out of words
Hard to speak when you smile so hard it hurts

If I had one more tomorrow
No time to waste or borrow
One chance to tell you straight
One chance for a seed to take
One piece of life left to give
One moment I have yet to live
I would say what I meant
Though you wouldn't understand
If the message was sent
I would know I died a man

I would tell you I love you
Though you don't know why
Never taken a date for two
Never held you as you cried
Never been there for Christmas
To give you a gift
Just what you needed plus
So heartfully picked

Never protected you from a storm
Keeping the rain away and the covers warm
Never spent the summer together
Looked into your eyes under the stars forever
Never pulled you out of trouble
Just to get you deeper in it
Never ran a bath full of bubbles
Never played a game just to let you win it

Never laughed at how cute you get
When your mad and I know you want me dead
Never slipped out of time
Never made you truly mine

But you see, these things I don't need
To know you're worth loving with everything in me
Because it doesn't take time
Doesn't take moments
Because in this heart of mine
You don't have to grow it
All I do is look with a heart open wide
And I see you and I swell with pride
Because there's so much to love in a beautiful soul
If this last moment is the only time you'd believe me
If unconditional love would pull you from this hole
Then my life would have meaning

I can't say I know how
Neither that I know why
But I feel it even now
Wings lifting me to the sky
Can't explain how you do it
Can't say you even know
How you break me bit by bit
Then build me up from below
Why do I get so nervous
When the weekend draws near?
Do you do it on purpose?
Letting me hope you'll be here
Do you mean to make me smile so?
To melt my heart with a glance
I wish you could only know
So I could someday have a chance
I know I shouldn't feel this way
Hardly know you in perspective
But I'm sorry I'm not sorry
It would all make sense if you'd let it
Perhaps I'm a fool
And you're just playing it smart
But to know someone's perfect for you
Isn't that how true love starts?

Just let me see
I don't need to breathe
A flash of white
A blinding light
Filing rows
Bright it glows
Lips that flow
And down I go
Weak at the knees
Light in the head
Got what I need
But I missed what you said
Cause you took me miles
With those perfect smiles

The first time I kissed you
And looked into your eyes

It wasn't real I knew
Just ghosts in my mind

And when my twelve hours were done
And I got out of bed

I couldn't wait to leave the sun
And fall back into my head

I've got it all in hand
I'm doing all I can
Just follow the plan
I'll show you how to stand
Let's swing this spot light now
Yea we'll put on a show
I've got it all worked out
Just jump and then you'll know
I fall upon deaf ears like a crashing wave
Cause no one hears me shout when they start to cave

I've got it all in hand
The magic of motion
Lead you to dry land
Just feel some emotion
I hit this darkened town
Strobe lights to bring it down
I fill streets with happy tears
To drown out all your fears
I hear the sirens call
But they don't bother me at all
No they don't bother me at all

Don't cry don't cry
Just for tonight
You could say goodbye
If you give up the fight
How would I say
If I had the words
That it'll be ok
Even if it hurts