𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝒉𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑤 ,
𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝒉𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟,
𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑠 , 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠,
𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑑𝑎𝑦 , 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟,
𝑚𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 ,
𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝒉 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ,
𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑚𝑦 𝒉𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑝 ,
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟,
𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 ,
𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝒉𝑖𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝒉 𝑚𝑦 𝒉𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 ,
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝒉𝑜𝑢𝑔𝒉 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ,
𝑡𝒉𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 .
𝐼 𝑚𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ,
𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝒉𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝒉𝑖𝑛𝑑 ,𝑐𝑢𝑧 𝐼'𝑚 𝒉𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝒉𝑎𝑛𝑑 ,
𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡,𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 ,
𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝒉 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑧𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 , 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 ,
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐𝒉, 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 , 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒𝑠 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡
𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 .
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𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒 ,𝒉𝑜𝑤 𝑎 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝒉𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠.
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