We Always KneW

I saw you standing by the edge of the shore With a look I’d seen a thousand times before The wind was pulling at the hem of your coat Like a secret message that the universe wrote We didn’t need a map or a guiding star To tell us exactly who we really are Through the seasons and the shifting of the tides There was nowhere for the simple truth to hide It’s a quiet humming in the center of the chest A steady heartbeat putting all the doubt to rest Because we knew it from the very first spark A golden thread running through the dark No distance could ever pull the knot apart We held the map right inside of our heart It was right, it was real, it was always meant to be You were the horizon and the open sea Yeah, we knew it, we knew it all along Like the words to a long forgotten song They said that time would make the colors all fade And we’d forget the promises that we once made But years are just numbers on a ticking clock While we’re the foundation and the solid rock I can feel you when the miles are stretching wide Like a magnetic pull from the deep inside Every city street and every lonely flight Only brought me closer to your porch light It isn’t magic, though it feels like a dream It’s the strongest current in the widest stream Because we knew it from the very first spark A golden thread running through the dark No distance could ever pull the knot apart We held the map right inside of our heart It was right, it was real, it was always meant to be You were the horizon and the open sea Yeah, we knew it, we knew it all along Like the words to a long forgotten song It’s the gravity that keeps our feet on the ground The only silence that doesn’t make a sound Beyond the logic and the things they can see Is the truth of what you’ve always been to me Because we knew it from the very first spark A golden thread running through the dark No distance could ever pull the knot apart We held the map right inside of our heart It was right, it was real, it was always meant to be You were the horizon and the open sea Yeah, we knew it, we knew it all along Like the words to a long forgotten song