"A Thousand Years"

I'm out of the loop in terms of the vampire genre as I really have no interest in it, so I'm a little late in hearing this song from Twilight.  It came on one of my Pandora stations a while ago and since then has become one of my adoption songs.  While it's about romantic love, almost all of the words are also perfect for a waiting parent/adopted child relationship.  Whenever it comes on, I can't help but sing it for the one I'm waiting for.

"A Thousand Years"

Christina Perri

Heart beats fast

Colors and promises

How to be brave?

How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?

But watching you stand alone,

All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow.

One step closer

I have died every day waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid I have loved you

For a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

Time stands still

Beauty in all she is

I will be brave

I will not let anything take away

What's standing in front of me

Every breath

Every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died every day waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid I have loved you

For a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed I would find you

Time has brought your heart to me

I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more