Manuscript in the Body's Head (Viktor Frankl)

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You taught me meaning lives in choice alone,
When oxytocin floods my searching brain,
Your words dissolve the walls I've built of stone,
And dopamine rewards me for the pain.
I hear your voice cut through the static air,
The smell of cedar clinging to your coat,
Your hands are warm against the midnight there,
Each syllable a lifeline in your throat,
The kitchen light still humming, soft and gold,
You press your thumb against my trembling wrist.

[Chorus]
You are the light I chose to follow home,
A burning torch through every darkened night,
Your love's the purpose I have always known,
You are my meaning, you are burning bright,
You are the light I chose to follow home,
A burning torch through every darkened night,
Your love's the purpose I have always known,
You are my meaning, you are burning bright.

[Verse 2]
Your mirror neurons fire when I weep,
You feel my trembling in your very soul,
Through sorrow's valley, steep and cold and deep,
Your presence makes the shattered pieces whole.
The salt of tears still drying on my skin,
Your breath a steady rhythm against mine,
You pull me back from every edge I've been,
The dark recedes wherever your eyes shine.

[Bridge]
Like synapses that spark and find their way,
Your serotonin settles in my chest,
In freedom's space between the night and day,
You chose me too—that joy I can attest.
The static clears, the signal burning true,
I feel the cortisol begin to fall,
Each nerve alive and calibrated to you,
Your chosen yes dismantles every wall,
And standing here I finally understand,
That meaning isn't found but held by hand.

[Outro]
So here we stand, two flames that intertwine,
Your light and mine burn brighter still combined,
Forever burning bright.