one true thing

you knew it was real
you knew it was true
it made you feel more
than you ever imagined love could do
and now that it’s gone
and now that you’re through
you’re through the best of you

it held all that you were
it holds all that you are
all that you would be
from then into eternity
and now that it’s changed
the things that you knew
they can no longer hold true
they can no longer hold you

how do you begin
to find an end 
to something so remarkable
so beautiful
it made you burn
it made you burn
but the fire that warmed your chest
you can feel it leaving you
you fear it will leave you cold
has it left you cold

but for all of the pain
the grief you will endure
the lack of resolve
for which you know there will be no cure
for all of this
you would never go back
you would never choose that

because it was real
because it was true
because it gave the world to you