Soft & Sweet - A Song for Laura Lyrics

Why'd you say it like your beauty is only skin-deep?
Like you're anything but exceptional?
You're ethereal
You're my sun and stars
My world and moon
You're my everything
And I don't know how you do it
But it's something worth including
When I saw
The love in my wife's eyes double in mine

And when the flame went out, the smoke starting dancing like you
So effortlessly beautiful
It's mythical
How you live like that
How you speak my name
How your love bells ring
Well, this storm can't steal your thunder
Or this spell you've cast me under
But I watched as the rain on the pavement put you to sleep

And love was never something that I would seek
But I met you and it came so naturally
I can see us out by the ocean
With your sense of certainty
So you'll be Jean-Dominique and I'll be Celiné

Despite our living conditions, I still tried to be
The romantic that you saw in me
You couldn't believe
When I took a knee in the candlelight of the cafeteria
Ten years since our wedding
And not a moment worth regretting
Then I saw the tears of my first love staining your cheeks

I started painting and the canvas became your new home
Or a place where past lives live alone
Like a Kodachrome
Now you're by the beach
Now you're out of reach
Now you're fast asleep
And I could paint a million portraits
But there's no point trying to ignore it
The fact remains: Nobody could capture the beauty you hold

And love was never something that I would seek
But I met you and it came so naturally
And I can see us out by the ocean
With your sense of certainty
So you'll be Jean-Dominique and I'll be Celiné