As a boy I always heard the Für Elise,
A necklace of notes inside my head;
I'd sit and watch the sun float through the trees,
Always wishing to be somewhere else instead:

In my dreams, the open road -
I'd be flying like a bird.
Arms outstretched to catch the sun
And those fleeting notes I heard .....

All my life I've tried to rearrange those notes
Into a melody so clear:
Trying to coax some kind of harmony
Out of contradiction, out of fear ....

And then you came, an open heart,
Flying like a bird.
Arms outstretched to hold me close
To those fleeting notes you heard .....

So here's the song I always meant to write for you,
I'd like to say: your Für Elise.
You finally fused the notes inside of me,
Into this tune to which we dance beneath the trees ....

You are my dream, my sweet Elise,
I'm flying like a bird,
Arms outstretched to hold you close
To those fleeting notes we heard .....

As a boy I always heard the Für Elise,
A necklace of notes inside my head;
I'd sit and watch the sun float through the trees,
Always wishing to be somewhere else instead.

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