Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid
To fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt
Suddenly goes away somehow
Lights.
The first thing she notices as she steps into the vast ballroom. The gold is spilling from the sparkling diamond chandeliers like sunlight; it washes across the floor, making it glow ethereally. Beneath the transparent floor is the sea itself, rushing and rolling in endless waves so that it appears as if the people are actually walking on its lolling, glacial-blue waves.
Everything is overwhelming her.
One step closer
'Go,' she hears someone whisper behind her, and suddenly, she is moving. Her feet are taking her to the top of the sweeping, grand marble staircase.
A hush fills the room and washes over the myriads of faces as they turn towards her.
I have died everyday
waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you
for aThousand years
I'll love you
for aThousand more
She is not looking at any one of those faces. Her heart is banging against her chest, beating and singing for only one familiar face.
He is standing at the end of the staircase, standing tall with his hands clasped behind his back as he talks with a couple of gentlemen. As the silence reaches their trio, he is forced to look up in her direction.
And stare.
Time stands still
beauty in all she is
He is a surreal vision.
She feels as if his eyes have captured her heart, and he is reeling her in his direction slowly.
One step after another.
I will be brave
I will not let anything
Take away
What's standing in front of me
She is drifting towards him. Her feet touch only air, it seems.
He is looking at her. He seems incapable of speech.
Every breath,
Every hour has come to this
Is it overwhelming for him, too? Does he feel the plethora of emotions roaring inside his heart, like she does?
One step closer
Almost as if he hears her thoughts, he places a hand splayed over his heart as he gazes at her. Her world is in his eyes.
I have died everyday
waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you
for aThousand years
I'll love you
for aThousand more
Everything about him: the way he smiles, the way he laughs, the way he sees everything-it is flying about him like a hundred flower petals, melodiously, as it floats towards her. She smiles shyly down at him, blushing as he reflects her expression immediately.
And all along I believed
I would find you
Time has brought
Your heart to me
I have loved you
for a Thousand years
I'll love you
for a Thousand more
In a daze, she descends down the last steps.
This is the happy ending she always dreamed about, as a child. There was her prince, standing just within her reach, waiting for her. There is nothing in the whole world she could wish for.
One step closer
He extends a gloved hand towards her.
One step closer
She takes it.
I have died everyday
waiting for you
He smiles, and it could've outshined an army of suns. His grip is firm and warm upon her fingers. They sing for eternity. She knows that he'll never let go, no matter what. She is comforted by that. She has an anchor in this world.
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you
for aThousand years
The stars sparkle down on them as he leads her to the center of the dance floor. People part for them. There are smiles of approval everywhere she looks.
She feels as if they are glowing.
As he twirls her gracefully across the floor, her bronze curls bounce in sync with the folds of her rippling gown. She has never felt as beautiful in her entire life as she does now.
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you
for aThousand years
I'll love you
for aThousand more
Timeless. It seems as if they have been like this for a thousand years. Like they were made to be like this. There was no one else with whom she'd feel these feelings with. He was the other half of her soul, perfecting her being. They were two halves of a whole.
For eternity.
And all along I believed
I would find you
Time and fate hadn't always been on their side. They'd had to fight, to endure trials of pain to have all of this.
Every gasp of pain, every tear of misery, every drop of blood they lost…it was all worth it, in the end. It all had made them stronger than yesterday.
Time has brought
Your heart to me
'Always,' he whispers.
She hears.
I have loved you
for a Thousand years
They are oblivious to the people around them, but the people aren't of them. They have learned something from the young couple in front of them, something precious, and some will forever cherish it.
I'll love you
for a Thousand more