Keith Hampton: Songs & Lyrics
The Secret
(Keith Hampton)
June 1, 2002
Keith Hampton/BMI
from HOPEFIRE (2002)
what is the secret of youth?
it won't stay long enough
to give answers to anyone
let's reveal it
let's reveal it
it's the wonder you feel
when it snows in the spring
or a song rushes forth from your mind
so fast you can't write it down
but you know you'll remember
before you can judge
and before you can hate
you just love to taste and to touch
to feel and to look and to listen
to all that's around you
your magic is real
and your love is divine
you are stillness in motion
no walls no windows can keep you inside
you just run run run
as you stand on your own
start to know your own face
the storybooks close for a time
and the world says you're growing
and you still love to hide
but you don't fit the space
you make plans make demands
on this impossible future
that suddenly rains down
and who will you be?
what's your belief?
surviving those questions
used to be easy
now it's all you can do
to meet the morning
little by little you can
lessen your pain
as shades of serenity settle
and let you move on
maybe you'll love someone
maybe you'll love someone
what was the secret of youth?
will you know when it's passed?
or maybe it stays
like a lingering spark
in your eye
maybe