Lyrics

Verse 1
Do you know what it's like to be imprinted on one's soul
A quiet kind of echo that the years can't quite control
I carried you like morning light that lingers through the day
A presence soft and steady in a calm, familiar way
So long ago, you stood in my presence -- I loved you so
So long ago, I told you to go, though I loved you so

Chorus --
I think you knew
I think you do
How a single moment stays when a heart holds something true
Through the seasons, through the years
Through the smiles and through the fears
Do you know what it's like to live with a loneliness of fifty odd years
I think you do

Verse 2
I learned to walk with memory like a companion at my side
Not a weight that pulled me under, just a tide that never died
And sometimes in the quiet, I can almost hear your name
Not in longing, but in gratitude for how you shaped my flame
So long ago, you stood in my presence -- I loved you so
So long ago, I told you to go, though I loved you so

Chorus --
I think you knew
I think you do
How a single moment stays when a heart holds something true
Through the seasons, through the years
Through the smiles and through the fears
Do you know what it's like to live with a loneliness of fifty odd years
I think you do

Verse 3
Now the twilight feels like mercy, settling softly on my skin
And I hold the life I lived with a quiet peace within
If your spirit ever wanders near the place where mine still stands
Know I kept your light with tenderness, not sorrow in my hands
So long ago, you stood in my presence -- I loved you so
So long ago, I told you to go, though I loved you so

Chorus --
I think you knew
I think you do
How a single moment stays when a heart holds something true