"to breathe"

sunrise meets me with a smile
i can't say the same for you
i wish this life wasn't true

moonlight touches every soul;
the waning tree upon the hill
and yet i know i love you still

fragments of my shattered life
meet me halfway to the sea
because you run away from me

  and even though your frozen heart has pulled away
  i know the sun will melt it through to make you stay
  and somehow i still find the hope i need
  to stand, to see, to breathe.

tempted by the shadow of a saint
to dare to run from my own love
for the faith i hold so dear high above

only in my dreams do i recall
a mystic light of aura in your eyes
lifting me, pulling me up to the sky

  and even though your frozen heart has pulled away
  i know the sun will melt it through to make you stay
  and somehow i still find the hope i need
  to stand, to see, to breathe.