Holding My Breath

I met you at the park on a summer afternoon

You looked more alive than anyone in the room

Like the grass grew greener wherever you walked by

The birds sang sweeter underneath the sky

You were a magnet pulling everybody near

I followed with the crowd, then suddenly you were here

You looked at me and smiled, my heart jumped out of place

I can't remember what I said, just the sunlight on your face

I didn't know I was holding my breath

Till you smiled and brought me back again

Lit me up like fireworks across the night

Turned the dark into light

I was holding my breath, trying to make time stand still

Holding my breath, wishing somehow I will

Be the one you're looking for when the day is through

Then you smiled, and I could breathe again with you

Everybody wanted just a little of your light

And I lost you in the crowd before the end of night

Then I found you by the barbecue, laughing with your friends

I walked up and said hello and my nerves returned again

You laughed and my heart stopped for a second or two

Then you brushed some sauce away like it was nothing you would do

At your touch the world came back, the colors rushed right in

And I realized I'd been holding my breath again

I didn't know I was holding my breath

Till you smiled and brought me back again

Lit me up like fireworks across the night

Turned the dark into light

I was holding my breath, trying to make time stand still

Holding my breath, wishing somehow I will

Be the one you're looking for when the day is through

Then you smiled, and I could breathe again with you

Then the band began to play beneath the evening sky

I asked if you'd dance with me, you looked me in the eyes

You smiled and said yes, and the whole world disappeared

For the first time in my life everything was clear

I never knew I was holding my breath

Waiting for a love like this

Your smile, your light, your hand in mine

Made every broken piece align

I was holding my breath through every lonely year

Holding my breath till you appeared

Now I need your laughter, your heart, your point of view

And every time you smile, I breathe because of you

I never knew I was holding my breath

Till I found you

And every time you smile

I can breathe again