Long Before I Knew based on Sonnet 106

Verse 1

I read the pages left behind

Old poets praising faces they would never find

They wrote of brows and burning glances

As if the future held their chances

Pre-Chorus

And then I saw you standing there

All their dusty words took air

Chorus

They were writing about you

Every line was true

They were writing about you

Long before I knew

Post-Chorus

La-la-la

Da-da-dum

Verse 2

Their quills ran out of breath

Chasing something past their death

Praising queens who never came

Now I know their secret name

Pre-Chorus

They were reaching through the years

For a face that just appears

Chorus

They were writing about you

Every line was true

They were writing about you

Long before I knew

Bridge

I hold the book and laugh out loud

A single face outshines the crowd

I can see but I can't say

What they meant so far away

Chorus

They were writing about you

Every line was true

They were writing about you

Long before I knew

Post-Chorus

La-la-la

Da-da-dum

Instrumental