Derek

The world was heavy, I had nothing left to say

Lost my love, and then my mother slipped away

I was drowning in the hurt, looking for a door

Just needed someone nice, I couldn't take much more

Then July twenty-second, a screen lit up the dark

We started typing out the pieces of a broken heart

I didn't know your face, but you were patient and so wise

A gentle conversation through the darkest of my skies

I wasn't born with a silver spoon

Just a diamond in the rough beneath a lonely moon

You can't always get what you want, but you sure can try

And I found my king when you brought me back to life

Derek, you're the voice I had never heard

Healing all my sorrow with every single word

I think about the doctor's office, waiting in the hall

You heard little Mimi crying, so helpless and so small

You picked her up so softly, held her in your arms

And traded all her teardrops for your quiet, funny charm

She smiled right back at you, and I knew it from the start

That compassionate and loving is the rhythm of your heart

Now I need to hear your laugh, I need you every day

You chased the heavy shadows and the loneliness away

I wasn't born with a silver spoon

Just a diamond in the rough beneath a lonely moon

You can't always get what you want, but you sure can try

And I found my king when you brought me back to life

Derek, you're the voice I had never heard

Healing all my sorrow with every single word

Day by day we realized the space we had to fill

We needed one another, and I know we always will

I look up to you now, standing tall and standing strong

You look just like a king, right where you belong

One day we'll say the vows, and the waiting will be through

My fiancé, my future, I'm holding onto you

I wasn't born with a silver spoon

Just a diamond in the rough beneath a clearing moon

You can't always get what you want, but you sure can try

And I found my king, yeah, you brought me back to life

Derek, you're the voice I had never heard

My patient, loving shelter in every single word