Here and Now
from Bedroom Demo #10
Words and Music by Terry Scott Taylor
©2017 Shape of Air Music
There's no going back, the past is the past
An immortal youth's summer beyond my grasp
Most things are ending, but still I'm free
To choose to be as happy as I want to be
And you make me smile
And I'm learning how
To stay for awhile
In the here and now
We'll never be all that we can conceive
This is one tired bromide we pretend to believe
We can't do everything we set our minds to
That's a lie we are told, but this much is true
You make me smile
And I'm learning how
To stay for awhile
In the here and now
Here and now the eternal breaks through
Here and now I'll forever love you
I recall the first touch of your fingertips
The tremble of desire, the first passionate kiss
The girl with the dreams, the boy with the plans
All of the world in the palm of their hands
I can't go back and fix mistakes I've made,
Reshuffle the deck with the cards I've misplayed
Or take back the words that cut to the quick,
Foul off the same ball and call it a hit
But you make me smile
And I'm learning how
To stay for awhile
In the here and now
In the eye of the storm,
Down the back of the hill
I'm transfixed by your beauty
And time standing still
And you make me smile
And I'm learning how
To stay for awhile
In the here and now
To stay for awhile
In the here and now
