GS: "Before You Came To Me": A love song oughta have pretty music. It made for a good contrast to the previous two tracks. Which makes this a good point to say, good job on the order of poems, which you'll notice I stuck to.
lyrics
BEFORE YOU CAME TO ME
I didn't know I didn't know I didn't have it so good
before you came to me
the notions I thought I had of what love was and could be
before you came to me
were ultimately shades and wisps,
mere approximations of a reality so strangely and surely correct
Before you came to me
words had meaning but not power
Before you came to me
thoughts would flit but never fly
Before you came to me
actions had direction but no purpose
Before you came to me
arms would chain
and eyes would lie
I have now a great appreciation of the life I led
before you came to me
not nostalgia
nor regret
just a simple understanding of contrasts and comparisons
the world after and the world before
Before you came to me
(C) David McIntire
credits
from Wonder, Doubt And Curiosity,
released May 18, 2014
written and performed by David McIntire (poetry) and Greg Segal (music).
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