Street Signs

I want to walk the roads of your mind
Take a picture of every street sign
Cross the line into the undefined and then lose myself and go blind
I want to wander like a lost child in a department store
Through your emotions and memories and into your very core
I want to not come out till I know you more
Than I ever have in passing, than I ever thought possible
Than I ever could in any instance before

I want to taste the flavor of your every thought
Savor the scent of what others have not
Dared to delve into in the shadow of your hopes and your dreams
I want to be a symbiotic force that faces plain your necessities
I want to hold your inner child and sing it a lullaby
I want to see through your eyes and calm you before you even cry
I want to laugh at the inside joke that only you know
So you never have to feel unfunny or alone
I want to hold the electric current that makes your empty hands shake
So that they are always held and your heart won't have to break

I want to revisit all those places in your past
When you felt abandon and like good things never last
I want to be the voice that whispers gently "you can make it through this"
When all other voices were telling you that you can't do this
I want to know how you felt when you met your first best friend
When you lost your first tooth, when Santa's run came to an end
I want to be there when the fear was running in
So I could kick it in the shin and let you know that you can win

Then maybe all those times you've told me about the pain
'Caused by guys who cared less about you than getting their own way
Could be swayed to times of hope, a light more than a flame
But really though...i'm not saying I want you to change

I just want to see you truly, to help you where I couldn't
To be for you what other folks you trusted always wouldn't
If you think I don't love you the way you are, you really shouldn't
Because you're the most amazing person I know
And if I was to walk down those roads, y'know where I'd go
I'd go straight to your heart, and I'd plant there a rose
With a note on the stem that said something about love, i'm sure
But mostly just to reassure you that i'm there...and i'm yours