Los Dos Pilares (The Two Pillars)

(The song begins with a warm, syncopated Spanish guitar riff. A light "cha-cha" rhythm starts on the woodblocks.)

Escucha, mi amor... I have to disagree

I’m not the only one holding up this destiny

I am but one pillar, rooted in the sand

But a house cannot stand without your helping hand

You are the second pillar, the strength that I feel

Without both of us, this love isn't real.

(The rhythm picks up—more "Sabor")

Dos pilares, standing side by side

Holding up the ceiling with nowhere to hide

One heart can’t carry the weight of this floor

It takes the two of us to open up the door

Steady and level, foundation so true

I’m building this life, baby, only with you.

I know the distance is long, and the miles are deep

But it’s just a test, a promise we keep

Life is trying to shake us, trying to make us bend

But we have a power on which we depend

It’s the way that we heal, the way that we hear

When we move as a team, the distance is near.

(A soulful trumpet solo plays a "call and response" with the guitar)

Communication... the rhythm of our soul

Listening... the thing that makes us whole

We pull through the difficult, we pull through the hard

With the strength of the union, we’re never on guard.

(The music slows back down to a romantic guitar strum)

Los dos pilares... (The two pillars)

Moving forward... (Siempre adelante)

One pillar is me...

The other is you.

(Final flourish on the Spanish guitar)