I Climbed A Mountain To Reach You

I took a journey of love By the age of twenty-two A long and winded road I travelled Until I started to climb to you I remember those who came before Although the memories have begun to fade I do remember how if they hadn't left Then you would never have stayed And this journey that I travelled Is one known to all and yet to none Stories I've tuned and narrowed Until you are the only one I saw you from a distance I knew you from before You knew me when I wasn't yours But the story you never saw You dont know details of how I loved And have even less knowledge of how I cried You dont know that my life began with you Since before it my heart had died I stood at the bottom of a mountain one day Full of pain, loss and regret I stood at the base so couldnt see the peak And began to climb in order to forget The first step was a little rocky My footing was confused at the new terrain But I began to climb slowly upward Never to walk forwards again A crowd of lovers heckled from below Shouting in their unending selfish greed But the mountain I climbed felt like home It offered me everything I would need It was my strength when I stumbled And it was my roots to the earth below It was my shelter from the noise of the people And it waited patiently as I began to grow I never realised until I opened my eyes That I had climbed upward without my sight I never knew that I felt my way to the peak Until I stared out from that all mighty height And at the top of the mountain I found my peace I found the end of travels by twenty-two Not the end of the road but a journey to the heavens To stand on top of the world with you At this height I can see the electricity of the stars Drink from the clouds so that they can be free I can feel the beauty of air after the thunderstorm And I can hear like music your love for me In darkness there's the fear of falling To the words and jeers of the crowd we left at bay But the light fills us to transparency And on top of my mountain forever I'll stay