Swept Away

Love songs are great, but there is something so delightful in the giddyness of a crush song. I love this song from Mandy Moore's latest album. With a lilting melody, sweet acoustic accompaniment, and lovely lyrics, it's definitely worth 99 cents. I think I've listened to it at least five times today alone!

Trying to find one more moment
Before we open our eyes.
Give me something more from this ocean,
That kiss that we don't have to hide.

I hold you the way I handle my heart:
Quietly guarded, and still
I'm swept away.

You allow me your sweet surrender
Through a page of old poetry
That I may have never discovered,
But you read it like it was waiting for me.

You smile with your eyes before it reaches your mouth.
Quietly guarded, and still
I'm swept away.

Like a stone that gets lost in the tide.
Swept away, and I'm fighting to stay on your side.
Alone I am fine and then you walk in and I cave,
And I'm swept away.

I took your hand with immediate comfort;
I took your friendship right to my heart.
Caught up in that feeling I searched for,
And I hardly know who you are.

I'm holding on tight in the midst of this wind,
Trying so hard to stand still.
I'm swept away.

Like a stone that gets lost in the tide.
Swept away, and I'm fighting to stay on your side.
Alone I am fine and then you arrive and I cave,
And I'm swept away.

I'm a sensitive heart that exists in hope above fear,
And the weight of your words carry just what I need to hear.

My questions are starting to settle,
And the ocean is calm once again.
But I'm swept away.

Like a stone that gets lost in the tide.
Swept away, and I'm fighting to stay on your side.
Alone I am fine and then you walk in and I cave,
And I'm swept away.

(M. Moore, L. McKenna)