I got to experience you.

I Got to Experience You

I know every scar on your body…

Every story your skin remembers.

And somehow, when I look at you,

I see God’s love all over you.

Maybe everything beautiful

isn’t meant to be held onto forever.

Maybe sometimes…

we’re just blessed enough

to experience it.

I know the scar upon your cheek,

The one that hides behind your ear,

The one that rests upon your arm,

And every mark that brought you here.

I know the story on your stomach,

The private places no one sees,

And those lines across your forehead

From a lifetime spent laughing freely.

I never saw imperfections,

I saw a life that made you, you.

Every scar became more beautiful

The more I learned what you’d been through.

Then you touched my mind

Before you touched my skin,

Made all five senses

Come alive again.

Something in my spirit

Recognized something in you…

And for a little while, baby,

I could see a life with you.

But I got to experience you,

And, baby, that’s enough.

I got to feel something beautiful,

I got to know this kind of love.

If I never feel it quite this way again,

I still know that it was true.

I had it,

I felt it,

I lived it…

I got to experience you.

Last night you came through my doorway

With a light I hadn’t seen,

You could finally see an ending

And the beginning of your dream.

A life that no longer serves you

Is finally letting you go,

And you came to me to share it—

Baby, that meant more than you know.

I saw freedom in your eyes,

I heard excitement in your voice.

And loving you means understanding

This has to be your choice.

I don’t play games

I already know I can’t win.

And I won’t gamble with my life

Just to see how this might end.

So I’m opening my hands,

Even though I wanted you.

Because sometimes the deepest love

Is letting someone choose.

And I got to experience you,

And, baby, that’s enough.

I got to feel something beautiful,

I got to know this kind of love.

If I never feel it quite this way again,

I still know that it was true.

I had it,

I felt it,

I lived it…

I got to experience you.

Time isn’t on our side, baby,

And I finally understand—

I can’t spend the life I have left

Waiting for another person’s plans.

You’ve got a life you need to live,

And I have one to live too.

And this time I owe it to myself

To choose me while I still love you.

Maybe someday our roads meet again.

Maybe this really is goodbye.

But I won’t ask tomorrow

To explain what we felt tonight.

Go find out who you are now.

Go live the life you dreamed.

I’ll never make you feel guilty

For finally becoming free.

Because I know your scars…

I know your laugh…

I know the way your mind

Pulls something out of mine.

I know the way you touch me

Without even using your hands.

And, baby…

I loved every moment

I felt with you.

I got to experience you,

So I’m not calling this a loss.

Some things are