Forever

[Verse 1]
She was seventeen
We met
Her laugh too loud for the quiet café
Tapping names into wet cement
Swearing this moment would stay

In her twenties
White silk and vows
I shook so hard that I dropped the rings
She whispered
"Hey
Just breathe right now"
And we danced like reckless kids in borrowed things

[Chorus]
Look at her life
Look at that fire
From clumsy first kiss
To a house full of choir
Every new chapter
We’re turning together
Year after year
She’s been loved forever

[Verse 2]
In her thirties
Toys on the floor
Cold coffee lined up by the sink
She wore that tired
Triumphant smile
Said
"Hold the baby
Then think"

In her forties
Blazer and heels
Running a room like she ran our home
She’d text me
"Save me a late-night meal"
Kick off her shoes
Call my arms her throne

[Chorus]
Look at her life
Look at that fire
From clumsy first kiss
To a house full of choir
Every new chapter
We’re turning together
Year after year
She’s been loved forever

[Bridge]
In her fifties
Color in her hair
Backpacking maps spread across our bed
Laugh lines deep as the roads we shared
She said
"We’re not done yet" and laughed
Then said it again [crescendo]

In her sixties
Sunrise on her skin
Glasses low as she reads that same old book
I still forget to breathe when she walks in
She catches me staring
Gives that knowing look

[Chorus]
Look at her life
Look at that fire
From clumsy first kiss
To a house full of choir
Every new chapter
We’re turning together
Year after year
She’s been loved forever

[Key-Change Tag]
In her seventies
Hand in my hand
Slow on the porch as the daylight ends
She leans in close
"Do you love me still?"
I laugh
"More than I did back then" [crescendo]
Seventeen candles
Seventy more
Every age
Every page
She’s the heart I adore
[low vocal register] From first hello
To our last sunset together
[full-voice soaring] Year after year
She’s been loved forever