[Verse 1]
It's been 20 years this Year's Eve,
I still believe that you are the best thing that has ever happened to me.
As I stood at the altar that night,
Champagne on ice waiting to speak out our vows.
My heart keeps the photo of your beauty and grace
As you walked down the aisle—the sparkle in your eyes, the warmth of your touch.
[Pre-Chorus]
Through every test we never swayed—(oh)
Katrell, we held on when the light went gray—(mmm)
Hand in hand through the long parade.
[Chorus]
A love that never fades away,
Grows strong each passing day
Through the trials we've faced together.
Your smile still warms my heart
And ignites a fire deep within me.
Your laugh is a melody I can't forget.
Your gentle touch brings me back again.
Oh, you bring me back again—(ooh, come back)
[Verse 2]
I remember the January when the rent was overdue
And we danced in the kitchen by the stove light.
How you sang low to the baby in the photos,
Promising better mornings—kept me standing that night.
I still taste the midnight champagne on our roof,
The salt and sugar of the city and your kiss.
A small, stubborn kindness—the way you warmed the mail,
The way you noticed things I missed.
[Pre-Chorus]
Through every test we never swayed—(no)
We stitched hope from the frayed edges of our days—(yeah)
Kept the fire, kept the faith.
[Chorus]
A love that never fades away,
Grows strong each passing day
Through the trials we've faced together.
Your smile still warms my heart
And ignites a fire deep within me.
Your laugh is a melody I can't forget.
Your gentle touch brings me back again.
You bring me back again—(mmm)
[Bridge]
Remember when the hospital lights threw shadows on our hands,
When the paychecks were thin and the hardest roads were unplanned?
You learned how to pray with callused fingers,
I learned how to wait and forgive.
We built a shelter from small mercies—
Held each other and learned how to live.
In that night, I saw you fierce and tender,
The way a lighthouse stands in wind.
You kept our promises like lanterns,
And I followed you back in.
[Break / Ad-Lib]
Ohhh—(ohhh)—twenty years, baby—(twenty years)
Mmm—the same heartbeat, new mornings—(ooh)
[Final Chorus]
A love that never fades away,
Grows strong each passing day
Through the trials we've faced together.
Your smile still warms my heart
And ignites a fire deep within me.
Your laugh is a melody I can't forget.
Your gentle touch brings me back again.
Twenty years, and I'm still undone—(still undone, still undone)
In your arms, forever my friend—(forever, forever)
[Outro]
Yes—forever my friend. (ooh ooh)
Twenty years this Year's Eve—I still believe—(I still believe)
And I will love you when the morning spills gold on our coffee cup.
I will love you when the city quiets and the fireworks hush—
Still your melody, still your touch, still my home.
[Tag—Call & Response]
Lead: Twenty years, my love...
Response: Still my home...
