The Henna's Still There

On a stage

Like a king

With a ring

And all the baggage

That I would bring

You, a smile

Spinnin' 'round

With a family

And your friends

Who could see

This soul come to me

Now they'd put henna on our palms

Put a band around our hands

We were smiling

In a wild and wondrous storm

On a journey

With some cold spots

And our brief hots

How beguiling

We've been styling, caring, loving, and warm

And the henna's still there

It stays on my mind

It was pressed from your hand

At a moment on mine

You said that you loved me

See where are we now?

Like the henna's still there

All the work

To make a home

A spiral castle

A common road

This whirlwind we've known

It took each day

From dream to reel

From all the strain inside

A yearning, churning deal

So touching still to feel

Now they'd put henna on our palms

Put a band around our hands

We were smiling against winds we didn't always understand

Only you could know

And me

What endures from love and marriage

On our palms I almost see

'Cause the henna's still there

It stays on my mind

It was pressed from your hand

At a moment on mine

You said that you loved me

See where we are now?

Like the henna's still there

Then a child

Amazing, oh

Suddenly

We had a new life from love

And onward we'd go

From two pasts

A third one yet

A family

Creatively

A ship with sails that we've set

And a love that won't forget

How the henna's still there

It stays on my mind

It was pressed from your hand

At a moment on mine

You said that you loved me

See where we are now?

Like the henna's still there

I said that I loved you

I cared before vows

Or even henna