Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:37 am

I’d Give It All For You

BROOKS
I had a house while you were gone.
The week after you left me,
I found a couple acres
Near Severna Park.
I had a house while you were gone –
A house with silver shutters
And a driveway laid in marble
And thousands of rooms to fill
And miles of space to fly…
And I tried to believe it –
It was better without you.
I was safer alone…

No, I’d give it all for you
I’d give it all for you by my side once more.
Oh, I’d give it all for you,
I’d give it all to hold you again,
To feel I’m completed,
To know there and then
That all that I needed
Was you to fight the fear.
And now you’re here.

ANDREA
I took a trip while I was gone.
I cashed in all my savings
And bought an Eldorado –
Drove to Tennessee.
I took a trip while I was gone.
I drove across the country
And I stopped at lots of diners
And stared at a million stars
And thought I could touch the sky…
And I tried to believe it –
I was better without you.
I was finally free…

No, I’d give it all for you,
I’d give it all for you by my side once more.
Oh, I’d give it all for you,
I’d give it ’cause the mountains I climb
Get higher and higher.
I’m running from time
And walking through fire,
And dreams just don’t come true.
But now, there’s you.

BROOKS
God knows it’s easy to hide –
Easy to hide from the things that you feel
And harder to blindly trust what you can’t understand.

ANDREA
God knows it’s easy to run –
Easy to run from the people you love
And harder to stand and fight for the things you believe.

BOTH
Nothing about us was perfect or clear,
But when Paradise calls me, I’d rather be here.
There’s something between us that nobody else needs to see.

ANDREA
There were oceans to cross –

BROOKS
There were mountains to conquer –

ANDREA
– And I stood on the shore –

BROOKS
– And I stood on the cliff –

BOTH
And the second before I jumped,
I knew where I needed to be!

Oh, I gave it all for you!
I gave it all for you by my side once more.
Oh, I gave it all for you.
I gave it ’cause it’s harder to touch
The things that are dearer.
I love you too much
To trust something clearer.
I know I fell too far…

But here you are.