[Verse 1] Been holding back these tears Afraid to speak my fears We met in the hardest season of my life I was standing on the edge One step from giving in Barely hanging on, barely surviving the night When we met in that cheap hotel You could see I wasn't doing well Everything around me was falling apart Most would've turned away Left me where I lay But you reached down and held my shattered heart [Chorus] I'll always be your private lover The one who gives you all my heart You found a light beneath the ashes And turned a dying spark into a star You touched a place so cold inside me A place I thought would never live again Now every beat reminds me You saved a soul that couldn't save himself back then [Verse 2] All my life I searched for something Someone who could see through me Past the walls and all the pain I tried to hide You looked beyond the broken pieces Saw a man worth believing in And stood beside me through the darkest nights Even when I tried to lose myself Even when I couldn't ask for help You never walked away from what you saw When I was drowning in despair You answered every desperate prayer And somehow found a way to love me through it all [Chorus] I'll always be your private lover The one who gives you all my heart You found a light beneath the ashes And turned a dying spark into a star You touched a place so cold inside me A place I thought would never live again Now every beat reminds me You saved a soul that couldn't save himself back then [Bridge] Even when I tried to kill it all You forgave it all... Forgave it all... I could spend forever trying To repay your kindness and your grace But all I have is this heart And every tear upon my face [Final Chorus] I'll always be your private lover Till the day they lay me down Through every storm and every season You're the reason that I'm still around As the years keep rolling by us And silver finds its way into our hair One thing will never change One thing I'll always swear I will love no one Quite the same as I love you I waited all my life to find you And now my searching days are through [Outro] My heart will never grow cold again You brought a fire to my soul And when they tell the story of my life You'll be the greatest love I've ever known
