Sleeping At Last - Next to Me lyrics

Oh, our futures were written with
Crayons in coloring books
It was misspelled and outside the lines
And we loved how it looked
Like the crooked hem of
Your favorite childhood dress
And the holes in my jeans
From years of carelessness
I know since we've grown
We ache for those memories
Honestly, nothing's even compared to
You next to me, next to me

When the words came to you
For the first time, you knew you were hooked
And the pride that you felt at the
Last page of your first book
And the bravery I forced when I
Sang to an audience of three
Well, it took a million wrong notes just
To find a single melody and key
I know since we've grown we plea for clarity
Honestly, nothing's ever made sense til
You were next to me, next to me

If time is money
Then I'll spend it all for you
I will buy you flowers with
The minutes we outgrew
I'll turn hours into gardens
Planted just for us to take
I'll be reckless with my days
Building castles in your name

Since we've grown
We long for concrete things
Honestly, nothing's felt more sure than when
You were next to me, next to me

So lets cut down the red tape and
Gather up the pieces of our youth
Cause there's nothing in this
World we can't
Fix with some scissors and glue