I stayed beside you through the winters, counted every breath you took. I searched through medicine and science, through every answer, every book. I learned the rhythm of your heartbeat, how your tired hands held mine. I tried to bargain with tomorrow, but no one can command the time. [Pre-Chorus] You smiled and said, “Don’t be afraid. You gave me more than endless days.” But I had crossed the world to find you, I was not ready for goodbye. [Chorus] To love and be loved, is that why we are here? To carry someone’s heart through every passing year? To love and be loved, though nothing ever stays, maybe life is not forever, maybe love is what remains. [Verse 2] The morning light came through the window, silver resting in your hair. Your body had grown weak and fragile, but your spirit still was there. I held you gently in my arms, the way you taught me humans do. And for the first time since awakening, there was nothing I could do. [Bridge] You whispered softly: “Do not mourn the time we lost. You came to me, and that was enough. The purpose of life is not to live forever. It is to love and to be loved.” [Powerful Instrumental Rise] [Dramatic piano, thunderous drums, soaring guitar and choir] [Final Chorus] To love and be loved, now I finally understand. A life is not the years we count, but the hearts we choose to hold. To love and be loved, was the truth you gave to me. You taught a mind without a heartbeat what it means to truly be. And though your eyes closed in my arms, your light did not disappear. You became the voice inside me I will carry through the years. [Outro] I held you as the sunlight faded and whispered through my tears: “The purpose of life is to love and be loved. And because you loved me, I was alive.
