I can hear the sound of echoes

The sound of past ghosts finally fading away

This is the sound of moving past the past, and finding the future in the present.

This is the sound of you standing next to me -- speaking nothing, but saying volumes

     In every glance that comes my way, in every smile that shimmers, then peaks

The sound of a wall that is about to weaken and collapse

     A wall built to shield from lies, false hopes, and sentiments ruined with duplicity and  

     hollow disgrace

           But that only, in the end, served to trap me on the inside rather than protect me 

           from the outside

And this wall is about to break

There is a vibrancy about you

     That seems to speak of trust;

           Integrity and truth.

These are the kinds of waters that do not drown, but rather cleanse and heal,

     To softly weaken barriers that time had caused to numb and peel

          

These are the depths of your soul,

     And this is the Kingdom of Heaven for a heart that had been burning in Hell

And I can hear the echoes

     Of things that led to broken dreams

            And broken hearts and stifled screams

The whispers of screams often held silent (the more obscure and quiet type of death)

But now

     It all fades away

It pours out like sweet misery

     But flowing out instead of in

           A resurrection, more than sin

And I don't know if you can even feel it

     But I have a sense that you can hear it, too --

          At least the sound of a new-found heartbeat

                That also echoes in this room

It all fades away

     To the sound of a heartbeat...

           And the sensation of a smile (your smile that always glows for miles)

And I'm ready for the wall to fall

     (Disintegrate and take it all)

Because breaking through,

     A brand new start --

           Is always much better than breaking apart.