Before I Knew You

There's been something following me all my life

Some protection that I can't define

How I earned it, not a clue

They said, "It's a universal star's align

It's a message from the great divine"

But it didn't quite ring true

Like a hope I couldn't place

Till the day I saw your face

You were somewhere in the sunlight

In the corners of my young mind

Little whispers in a daydream, little voice that always saved me

You were hiding in plain sight

Now I see you every morning

In your unencumbered glory

But even when you hadn't found me, you were right there all around me

And I've been on my way to you

I loved you long before I knew you

Back then, when you were bright-eyed and too young to care

I wonder if you ever felt me there

Like an unexpected breeze

I hope now that you and I are intertwined

You can feel me with you all the time

'Cause that's where I wanna be

You're the hope I couldn't place

Till the day I saw your face

You were somewhere in the sunlight

In the corners of my young mind

Little whispers in a daydream, little voice that always saved me

You were hiding in plain sight

Now I see you every morning

In your unencumbered glory

But even when you hadn't found me, you were right there all around me

And I've been on my way to you

I loved you long before I knew you

Before I knew you

And when we run out of mornings

I'll remember all your glory

And your love will always ground me, even when you're not around me

And I'll still be singing to you

I'll love you longer than I knew you