For all life long
I chased just one song
The lyrics that haunted me at night
The tune to everything happy and bright.

But as the days wore into years,
And I smiled countless smiles
And fought back flowing tears,
One thing stood back out all the while.

Many a time I thought I'd found my song
Some of it was right, but mostly was wrong,
So I kept on looking with my ear on the ground,
Always alert, never missing a sound.

But one day I gave up, the quest seemed too hard,
I sat down under a shade, pretended to be a bard,
Took all the pieces that I had had so far,
Put them to a beat, played my guitar.

And while it still felt like a bit was missing
It sounded so intimate, like two lovers kissing,
That's when I happened to chance upon you,
What new tune did you bring, I hadn't a clue.

But I grabbed your hand and off we went
A whole new world, new colors, new scent.
And then I sang my song, yet imperfect and incomplete,
And all it took to make it whole was the rhythm of your heartbeat.