A Thousand Years

    Artist: Christina Perri

    (Verse 1)

    Heart beats fast

    Colors and promises

    How to be brave

    How can I love when I’m afraid

    To fall

    But watching you stand alone

    All of my doubt

    Suddenly goes away somehow

    One step closer

    (Chorus)

    I have died every day

    Waiting for you

    Darlin’ don’t be afraid

    I have loved you for a

    Thousand years

    I’ll love you for a

    Thousand more

    (Verse 2)

    Time stands still

    Beauty in all she is

    I will be brave

    I will not let anything

    Take away

    What’s standing in front of me

    Every breath,

    Every hour has come to this

    One step closer

    (Chorus)

    I have died every day

    Waiting for you

    Darlin’ don’t be afraid

    I have loved you for a

    Thousand years

    I’ll love you for a

    Thousand more

    And all along I believed

    I would find you

    Time has brought

    Your heart to me

    I have loved you for a

    Thousand years

    I’ll love you for a

    Thousand more

    One step closer

    One step closer

    ...

    Background

    The song was included in the soundtrack for “Twilight: Breaking Dawn.” At the beginning it sounds just a bit sappy. However, stick with it and as the waltz time begins to sway more and more the song moves into a bridge that is stunningly gorgeous. If anyone thinks grand string and piano orchestrations have no place in a simple pop song, listen again here. “A Thousand Years” then melts back down into a gentle place before sweeping along to a pleasing conclusion. Just as she grabbed us by the emotional jugular on “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri once again moves something powerful inside of us.