Last First Kiss

I was halfway through a lonely life Learning how to sleep alone Carrying old heartbreak quietly Like shadows no one knows I heard forever whispered low Then watched it disappear Like autumn rain on empty streets Fading year by year But somewhere past the sleepless nights Beyond the hurt I knew God must have saved one dance for me And led my heart to you So if you take my hand tonight Don’t let go too fast I’m not looking for a passing flame I’m looking for the last The last name in my prayers at night The last dream pulling through The last first kiss these lips will know The one that leads to you You came softly as the morning tide No thunder in the sky Just laughter warming tired bones And light behind your eyes And Lord, the way you look at me Like I’m still worth the wait Makes every wrong road worth the miles Every heartbreak worth the ache I don’t need stars to fall for us Or castles by the sea Just your fingers wrapped in mine And your heartbeat next to me So if you take my hand tonight Don’t let go too fast I’m not looking for a reckless fire I’m looking for the last The last voice beside my own When all the songs are through The last first kiss these lips will know The one that leads to you Maybe love was always meant For the hearts that learned to bend For the souls who lost their way awhile Then found their hope again When we finally learn the difference Between lonely and peace And one soft “stay a little longer” Can make a restless heart believe So take my hand and walk with me Through whatever years we have Through winter winds and silver hair And all the good and bad And when they ask what heaven felt like I’ll tell them it was this— Finding you at the end of all my roads In one last first kiss