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And I love you more than words can say

I know it doesn’t always show

And sometimes I don’t say it well

I only hope that in your heart you know

The things my words don’t always tell

Because I’m in awe each time I look at you

‘Truly you are magnificent

Of all the things I do not know

I’m certain that you’re heaven sent

No one in this world

Can make me believe like you do

I’m just a simple man

But not when I see myself though you

I could move mountains and walk across water

Would travel the world, no place too far

Anything, baby

To be where you are

Because I’m in awe each time I look at you

‘Truly you are magnificent

Of all the things I do not know

I’m certain that you’re heaven sent

I’m so grateful for you

And I thank God every night as I pray

To me you are a dream come true

And I’ll keep loving you day by day by day.

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When I’m finished,there are tears in her eyes and a faint smile on her face that echoes of heartache and hope.

“You heard a lullaby,” she whispers.

“I heard a song about finding the love of your life,” I correct her, “And she’s been mine.”

“I’ve hated that song for years,” she admits. “Hated looking back at the person who wrote it. Who I was back then, what I believed love looked like...felt like even.” Gradually, the corners of her mouth begin to reach higher, and the look in her eyes turns tender, losing the bittersweet sting of her own judgement and shame she let surface while I was playing. “Thank you for letting me hear it this way. For letting me feel the words the way you feel them.”

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