teach me how to sing

For Kortney...


She sings her favorite melody
With a voice big as the sea
Like pure water, clear and strong
The waves in her heart form a song

She wonder if she'll ever fly
Lately her head's been in the sky
Do you know how bright you shine?
You make me smile on the inside

And way up high in your castle on a cloud
In paradise though I don't know how
When night grows darker, you smile brighter
And it makes no sense to me
When you teach me how to sing

You are my laughter every day
The silly things you do and say
While the love you never found
Makes you strain to hear the sound

Of songs that beckon you to sleep
Wide awake in restless dreams
When your world is crumbling
You can hold on to me

And way up high in your castle on a cloud
It hurts to hide when it gets too loud
When night grows darker, you smile brighter
And it makes no sense to me
When you teach me how to sing

Will you teach me how to sing?

The songs now beckon you to sleep
Feel the summer ocean breeze
When your castles fall apart
May I hold your heart?