I threw a coin into a fountain

On a mountain top in Rome

The water lit from underneath

so you could see how deep it didn't go

I wished for cinematic love

Or some approximation of it

Like somebody else's bravery could

ever be the thing to save me

On a birthday candle's flame

I wished to glorify my given name

And prove my worth by making myself known

I watch the years collect and gather

And my bright future knows I'm staring at her

She never asks about the glory, she just wants a love story

In the Colorado skies

There is the bluest bird with the blackest eyes

Who fascinates a stranger who just

shared with me he lost his wife

Five days ago he softly said

50 years of loving her and when she held my hand

and said goodbye

She said: Don't give up, I'll send you signs

He stared up at the heavens

And the tears rolled down his face

He told me I was living proof of her to him that very day

It took my breath away, his sadness

And I held it to my chest

And I let it break me open and be blessed

Demolish me, my maker

I could ask for nothing more

I will build the deepest wishing well

from the tears upon my kitchen floor

A childhood made of wishes

Naïve and superficial

Compared to what is given, they don't even hold a candle

Nothing that I asked for

Has ever been as true

As what was coming for me when it comes from You

Nothing that I asked for

Has ever been as true

As what was coming for me when it comes from You