'Til I Hear You Sing

Ten long years

Living a mere facade of life

Ten long years

Wasting my time on smoke and noise

Ten long years
Happened in less than five
Ten long years
Taking my life out without poise

In my mind
I hear melodies pure and unearthly
But I find
I can't give them a voice without you

In my mind
I see a precious life lived gracefully
But I find
I can't live it right like you do

My Christine, my Christine
Lost and gone, lost and gone

Life pristine, life pristine,
lost and gone, lost and gone

The day starts
The day ends
Time crawls by

Night steals in pacing the floor
The moments creep
Yet I can't bear to sleep
'Til I hear you sing

'Til I hear you sing

'Til I live my song.

"Hear again the sound of my heart,
The sound that resonates,
With the heart of the lost.

The song that courses through my veins,
And yet beyond my knowledge;
Left to devices beyond control."

I wake only to weep,
And weep to live again.
Life shall proceed as life,
I lack, I fail, I do not live.

But hope I have found;
So near, yet so far.
A life I wish could be,
But might never see.

Oh dare I take that step?
So sweet, yet so far.
A life I wish could be,
But might never see.

My heart beats with every word,
My soul sings with every line,
My mind marvels at every step,
A life I wished could be.

I will curse the day I did not do,
What my heart commands me to.