The story behind this song
He'd practiced to the rearview mirror every morning — three paragraphs of fancy words, memorized for a month. Then she turned around on the dock with the whole pink sky on the water, and every line left him at once. What came out instead was shaking and true: it's you, it's always you. His hands trembled so hard on the hinge she had to help him with the box.
They'll point at that exact spot for fifty years while the kids groan. For the couple turning the yes into a vow, dancing today on the answer the loons heard first.
Lyrics
The water held the whole pink sky
And I held one small box
And I held one small box
I'd practiced to the rearview mirror
Every morning, every light
Three paragraphs of fancy words
Gone the second you turned round
Every morning, every light
Three paragraphs of fancy words
Gone the second you turned round
The loons called out across the water
Like they knew before you did
Like they knew before you did
On one knee at the lake, I forgot it all
Except the only line that mattered
"It's you. It's always you."
And the water went so still, my love
Like the whole world stopped to hear you say
The yes we're dancing on today
Except the only line that mattered
"It's you. It's always you."
And the water went so still, my love
Like the whole world stopped to hear you say
The yes we're dancing on today
My hands shook so hard on the hinge
You had to help me with the box
We laughed until we both were crying
On those old sun-warm dock boards
You had to help me with the box
We laughed until we both were crying
On those old sun-warm dock boards
You wear that little diamond now
Beside a brand new band of gold
Beside a brand new band of gold
On one knee at the lake, I forgot it all
Except the only line that mattered
"It's you. It's always you."
And the water went so still, my love
Like the whole world stopped to hear you say
The yes we're dancing on today
Except the only line that mattered
"It's you. It's always you."
And the water went so still, my love
Like the whole world stopped to hear you say
The yes we're dancing on today
Someday we'll take the kids out to that dock
And point: right there — that very spot
And they'll groan because they've heard it
And we'll tell it anyway
And point: right there — that very spot
And they'll groan because they've heard it
And we'll tell it anyway
On one knee at the lake, I forgot it all
Except the only line that mattered
"It's you. It's always you."
And the water went so still, my love
Like the whole world stopped to hear you say
The yes we're dancing on today
Except the only line that mattered
"It's you. It's always you."
And the water went so still, my love
Like the whole world stopped to hear you say
The yes we're dancing on today
It's you — it's always you
Still the only speech I know
Still the only speech I know
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