One Candle Burning

That is all this faithful man can do.
I heard your footsteps in the hallway once,
I rode so fast I knocked against the wall.
It was only the pipes and the settling floor,
But I loved you harder than I did before.
I wrote your name on the back of a bill,
I carried that paper when the world stood still.
No other road could turn me around,
No other voice could claim this ground.
I have waited without boasting,
I have stayed without a crowd.
There are vows a man keeps quiet,
Till his quiet turns aloud.
One candle burning, still burning,
One candle burning for you.
Through the long dark morning,