She is All I Want

For some, this song will define a timeless story of heartbreak. Of loving where you shouldn’t, of believing in a promise that was never yours, of holding onto a dream that could never come true. It’s about wanting to walk away from the persistent ache of unrequited love yet being unable to let go. Many of us know that feeling. But sometimes the sorrow isn’t just one person’s story. Sometimes it echoes across countless lives, and multitudes grieve in silence. Because some dreams dim slowly, not just for one person, but for many. I wrote this song for the times when private grief meets a deeper kind of collective longing for all we have lost.

Verse
I know I should leave
Move away and just go
Try to stop the pain
I’ll just go back again
I’ve loved her all my life
And she is all I know

Chorus
She is all I want
She is all I know
Every day she breaks me
But I can’t let go

Verse
Do I even love her
Or do I love the promise
Is it just the dream
Is she really what she seems
Skies grow darker every day
Wilted leaves, crops in decay

Chorus
She is all I want
She is all I know
Every day she breaks me
But I can’t let go

Verse
Yes, my heart is broken
Crushed beyond repair
For the decades of believing
In a dream that does not care
I feel a storm now rising
And a foulness in the air 

Bridge
In her I’ve seen the finest
Warm winds and vast abundance
Overlooked the storms and drought
Ignoring my reluctance
Now I know her love was false
It was never meant for me
She couldn’t help what she’d become
And none of it had been her fault

Outro
There never was a Spring or Summer
It was always in my mind
Her heart so cold and cruel
To me and those she left behind
Yet in the darkest moments
I can see a tiny spark
A tattered flag that’s moving
Somewhere in the dark