The Likes of You
I been loved like a butterfly all light around the edges
I been loved like a blizzard breaking so sudden upon these ridges
And I been loved for what I was thought to be,
And once, for what I ought to be
But I never been loved by the likes of you
I have loved from a distance greater than two hearts could weather
I have loved bound and blind from pain of a kind
That could snap love's tether
And I have loved so well I was sent away
By one who only meant to play
But I never have loved quite the likes of you
I knew love so dark and sour
Just a hunger of endless yearning
But I can tell you in this hour
The hunger has flown and I'm learning just what love can do
You have loved with a tenderness I've only known in dreaming
You have loved wild and clear as sunlight
All out on the ocean streaming
I steal a glance at joy that I know to be
The lover reaching out for me
And I never been loved by the likes of yo