Everything

Wipe the ashes from your shoulder.
I know you’ve faced your share of hell,
left your dreams along the roadside
like luggage you were tired of carrying.

I only wanted to see you smile–
not the polite one, the real one,
the one that reaches your eyes
and stays there like it belongs.

You only wanted to feel free.

And I wanted everything.
Fame and comfort, sunsets, blue skies,
stormy nights to curl up in,
angels and demons alike,
the whole mess of it,
wrapped up and handed over
like I could hold it all.

I’m not a knight in shining armor.
You’re no damsel in distress.
I’m not the weary cowboy seeking rest,
you’re no porcelain doll–
but you are the answer I can’t grasp,
the thing I keep reaching for
with hands that never quite close.

Lay me down inside your light.
Let me dream away forever
while your eyes catch the candlelight
and a room full of roses
still can’t make the wrongs feel right.

I wanted to cast the past away,
to know just what to say,
to guide you through the dark
and make you feel okay.

You only wanted to see.
You only wanted to dream.
You only wanted to be.

And I always wanted everything.
And you are everything to me.