The Story That Matters
Verse 1
All the noise will fade someday
Voices
grow quiet
Strong hands
grow weak
And the world
that once listened
Walks past
without a word
Verse 2
The years move on
without us
New voices
take the stage
The names we knew
are fading
No drama
no pain
no rage
Chorus
The story that matters
Is the love we gave away
Not the gold we gathered
But the hearts we saved
Bridge
But somewhere
in a quiet life
A kindness
still remains
A word we spoke
a hand we held
Still echoing
through the years
Reflection Verse
Looking back
is hard to do
When we were
almost brand new
Time has smoothed us
now wiser perhaps
A new day
a different hue
Final Chorus (Choir)
The story that matters
Is the love we gave away
Not the gold we gathered
But the hearts we saved
The story that matters
When the world grows still
Is every life we lifted
Every heart we filled
Outro – final chorus
The story
that matters
Is the love
we gave away
Michael Forty