A great description of who you are,
Explaining yourself in words far better than your own.
Familiarizing memories with guitar string patterns,
Walking to syllables while holding hands with every melody.
And throughout the years you’ve experienced all this:
Through every late night, long drive, heartache, and bliss.

And there you were standing,
Every moment leading to now.
Seconds feel like hours and anticipation builds the highest.
The stage being prepared,
Patience wearing thin.

You hear yourself screaming before you realize that you are,
Your heartbeat increasing as the lights turn on.
Hearing everything louder than you have ever before.
Each sound enhanced,
Alive,
Set free,
Released.

The night progresses,
Every emotion you welcome.
Never having felt so much in so little time…
Or knowing that you could.

Suddenly stationary,
You've gone from engaging to observing.
Maybe, just maybe,
If you are stiller than still,
The moment will have no choice but to freeze.

You're the only silent being,
Everything loud and active around you.
Focusing on every instrument separately and then all together,
Memorizing your surroundings.
This is worth remembering.

Returning to the crowd and participating in the moment,
Giving someone a chance to take your place.

Eyes widened,
Every word declared.
His gaze meets yours in a moment,
Feeling like a prolonged stare.

He believes the words he sings.
Not performed for the first time,
But once written for the first time.
Although second nature,
Not a single part dulled.
Memories never fade when you live them every day.

When words meet heartbeats
Every song has a story,
But this time being told differently,
As if you've never heard it before.
You find yourself singing each individual word,
But you've never meant them like this before.

Even in a still moment,
Time passes swiftly.
Wrapped in the present,
Ignoring the ending.
A second of sadness creates an instant distance,
Then interrupted by the sound of your shouting.

The moment you’ve waited for all along,
The lyrics make way from your favorite song.
Belting words that mean more to you than you can explain,
Tasting much sweeter than any sugarcane.

Prized discovery,
Rediscovered,
A night of perfect noise and luminous colors.
It comes to an end and you're left with just this:
Every late night, long drive, heartache, and bliss.