My Only Way

Verse 1

I learned your name in a quiet room,

Where morning rested on silver bloom,

You held my hand when the world felt wide,

And every restless fear grew quiet inside.

I have no guarded heart to lend,

No measured flame that I can pretend,

When you look at me, I lose my disguise,

And find my whole life in your patient eyes.

I would cross every season and sea,

If one gentle road led you back to me,

For all that I am, and all I can do,

Finds its deepest meaning in loving you.

Chorus

You are the reason my heart stays true,

The one tender promise I can hold to,

I cannot give you a fraction of flame,

Or offer a love with a divided name.

I do not know how to love halfway,

I give you my morning, my night, my days,

If all of my roads have one way to go,

You are my only way, the only way I know.

Verse 2

I see your tired face at the end of the day,

And wish I could carry each burden away,

So lean on my shoulder, let your worries rest,

I will be steady, I will give you my best.

No promise I make is a ribbon of air,

I will be present, devoted, and there,

Through rooms full of laughter, through hours grown slow,

I will stay beside you wherever we go.

If years leave their silver along your hair,

I will still find wonder waiting there,

And when your voice trembles, or your courage bends,

My love will surround you and gently mend.

Chorus

You are the reason my heart stays true,

The one tender promise I can hold to,

I cannot give you a fraction of flame,

Or offer a love with a divided name.

I do not know how to love halfway,

I give you my morning, my night, my days,

If all of my roads have one way to go,

You are my only way, the only way I know.

Bridge

I have tried to keep a little for myself,

To place my devotion upon a shelf,

But love is not waiting, or counting the cost,

And life without you is all that I’ve lost.

So take every fear that I carry within,

Take every hope where your own hopes begin,

No hidden corner, no door left below,

My heart has one answer, and now you know.

Piano Break

Verse 3

When the final sunlight turns honey and gold,

And the stories of our lives are gently told,

I will remember each breath that we drew,

Each small sacred moment that carried me through.

You are not a chapter I’m passing along,

You are the home inside every song,

The hand I will reach for, the voice I will hear,

The love that grows kinder with every new year.

Let the whole world change what it wishes to be,

Your place in my heart will remain here with me,

For I was not made for a cautious hello,

I was made to love you completely and whole.

Final Chorus

You are the reason my heart stays true,

The one tender promise I can hold to,

I cannot give you a fraction of flame,

Or offer a love with a divided name.

I do not know how to love halfway,

I give you my morning, my night, my days,

If all of my roads have one way to go,

You are my only way, the only way I know.