My life was a path that too many feet had trod
When you found me and stretched out your heart
You offered no platitudes, you took no offence
As you rebuilt what life shook apart
I could never repay you, and all you would say was “hush”

As you lay down beside me and opened your arms
And your touch loved the hurt from my soul
Then you held me against you and blessed all my dreams
‘Till the promise of dawn warmed the sky

It was fragile at first like the new buds of spring
But we nurtured our freedom from fear
And you helped us to grow past the pain and regret
To a place where our future seemed clear
And whenever I fell down, you would lift up my head and say “hush”

And you would lay down beside me and open your arms
And let your touch love the hurt from my soul
Then you’d hold me against you and bless all my dreams
‘Till the promise of dawn warmed the sky

The years have been rocky and life has been hard
And in sorrow and selfishness we’ve drifted apart
Now we feed off our fears and we fight what we feel
Yet when I see your pain, all my heart wants to say is “hush”

I want to lay down beside you and open my arms
And let my touch love the hurt from your soul
I want to hold you against me and bless all your dreams
‘Till the promise of dawn warms the sky

Leigh Harrison © APRA 2002