You are my Future

Melissa, You Are My Future [Intro — fingerpicked acoustic guitar] Oh-oh... Yeah... Melissa... [Verse 1] I used to think forever was a word, Something people said when they were young. Something written down in little love songs, Something beautiful, but never one. Then you walked into my ordinary days, And somehow everything began to change. Now I catch myself dreaming in the morning, And every dream somehow has your name. I don't need a mansion or a fortune, I don't need the world to know my name. Give me your hand when the night gets colder, And I'll be happy just the same. [Pre-Chorus — building] 'Cause I've spent enough time searching For something I couldn't see... And now I know the place I'm going Is wherever you are with me. [Chorus — warm, emotional] Melissa, you are my future, You're the tomorrow that I want to see. If I get to grow old beside you, That's more than enough for me. And when the years start moving faster, And the world looks different than it used to, I'll still wake up every morning And find my way back home to you. Melissa, you are my future, And my heart knows what it wants to do. If forever is a road we're walking, I wanna walk every mile with you. [Verse 2] I want the Sunday mornings, coffee cooling, Your sleepy eyes and your messy hair. I want the laughter over nothing, And the quiet moments that we share. I want the hard days too, believe me, The nights when neither one knows what to say. I'll be the shoulder when you're hurting, And I'll hold you till the hurt fades away. Because love isn't only perfect pictures, Or the butterflies we feel at the start. It's choosing you when life gets complicated, It's giving you the safest part of my heart. [Pre-Chorus] And if someday we lose our direction, If the road gets hard to follow through, I'll remember what I promised The first time I looked at you. [Chorus] Melissa, you are my future, You're the tomorrow that I want to see. If I get to grow old beside you, That's more than enough for me. And when the years start moving faster, And the world looks different than it used to, I'll still wake up every morning And find my way back home to you. Melissa, you are my future, And my heart knows what it wants to do. If forever is a road we're walking, I wanna walk every mile with you. [Bridge — guitar drops, almost whispered] And maybe we won't have all the answers, Maybe life won't go the way we planned. But I'll be there through every chapter, With your fingers wrapped around my hand. And when we're older, sitting together, Looking back at all the years we've known, I hope you smile and say, "We made it..." And I'll say, "I never felt alone." Because every road before you Was just a road I had to travel through... Every wrong turn, every heartbreak Somehow led me straight to you. [Final Chorus — full acoustic strumming, harmonies] Melissa, you are my future, You're the love I never want to lose. You're the first thought when I wake up, You're the one my heart will always choose. And if tomorrow brings us mountains, We'll climb them like we've got nothing to prove. If the whole world changes around us, I'll still have my hand in yours to hold onto. Melissa, you are my future, You're my forever starting now. I don't know how many years we've been given, But I'll make every one count somehow. And when my hair turns silver, And these hands aren't as strong as they are today, I'll still look at you like I did that first time, And I'll still have the same words to say... [Outro — fingerpicked guitar] Melissa... You are my future. You are my home. You are my always. And if I had one life And one heart And one choice to make... I'd choose you. Every time.