Beyond the Garden

**BEYOND THE GARDEN** [Verse 1][Short intro with main hit concept] I walk the paths you left behind Among the roses of your name The years have fallen like the leaves Yet every morning feels the same I tend the soil, I trim the vines I keep the colors from the gray As if devotion could somehow Convince the past to stay [Pre-Chorus] At the far end of the garden There's a gate beneath the sky You left the doorway open Yet I've never wondered why [Chorus] Beyond the garden Beyond the doubts and all regret Beyond the echoes of your footsteps That I still can't forget Beyond the garden A brighter road awaits for me But I've been standing at the threshold Too afraid to be free [Verse 2] The flowers bloom, the flowers fade Their beauty never asks to stay They turn toward the morning sun Then gently give themselves away And every bird that leaves a branch Sings its song and flies away Perhaps the lesson of the garden Was never asking love to stay [Pre-Chorus] The wind keeps whispering a promise Carried softly through the trees There is life beyond remembrance There is love beyond what fades [Chorus] Beyond the garden Beyond the shadows that remain Beyond the walls I built around me To protect myself from pain Beyond the garden A field of endless possibility Yet I've been standing at the threshold Too afraid to be me [Bridge] Then the sunlight crossed the gateway Like a river made of gold And for the first time I could see The truth my fear had never told You were never in the flowers You were never in the stone You were in the love you planted And that love had always grown [Instrumental Break][emotional violine solo riff] [Final Chorus] Beyond the garden Beyond the ending of one story Beyond the tears and all the seasons Waiting for the Neon morning glory Beyond the garden Beyond the boundaries I could see There are countless hearts still blooming There is room for all to be Beyond the garden Beyond the fear that sheltered me I take a step into the sunlight And finally become free [Outro] Beyond the garden There is another garden growing Beyond the garden Where love is not a memory Beyond the garden My soul remains evergreen