It's Been A While

It’s Been A While Lyrics by Mack Hollowpoint Arrangement by M.H.B. It’s been a decade or more before you came along Where I haven’t written a love song, On matters of the heart, it was love from the start I hid in the shadows, as my thoughts Just drifted apart, I’d strum a guitar But I couldn’t come to figure where to start Now the sun has set, as I sit alone in the dark With a warm smile, yeah, I ain’t wore that in a while So, a candle is lit and the light shines From your heart, it always has from the start I employed a candle maker to pour me jars To help me write into the night, under them stars Because if there’s one thing I need is the presence of love And a reason that there is a heaven above You are all the reasons for my seasons The tempo of my heart, and why my pen Does not rest, unless I’m strumming to Paint that image of you, like an endless canvas And how you always provide something new So, a candle is lit and the light shines From your heart, it always has from the start I employed a candle maker to pour me jars To help me write into the night, under them stars Because if there’s one thing I need is the presence of love And a reason that there is a heaven above The wick folds into itself and the room turns warm and still I set the pen down and listen to the quiet you leave behind If this is all I have tonight, it is enough for the rest of time You have always been the candle in the room