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Turning Page Lyrics

I've waited a hundred years
But I'd wait a million more for you
Nothing prepared me for what the privilege of being yours would do
If I had only felt the warmth within your touch
If I had only seen how you smile when you blush
Or how you curl your lip when you concentrate enough
I would have known what I was living for
What I've been living for

Your love is my turning page
Only the sweetest words remain
Every kiss is a cursive line
Every touch is a redefining phrase
I surrender who I've been for who you are
Nothing makes me stronger than your fragile heart
If I had only felt how it feels to be yours
I would have known what I've been living for all along
What I've been living for

We're tethered to the story we must tell
When I saw you well I knew we'd tell it well
With the whisper we will tame the vicious scenes
Like a feather bringing kingdoms to their knees
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Reach Music Publishing
Writer
Ryan Curtis O'neal
Duration
4:15
Submitted by
nacho040594 On Nov 08, 2011
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This song is a very beautiful. "I've waited a hundred years But I'd wait a million more for you" Its a complex love song about a love that is so pure and special that the wait is worth it if it means that you get to be with the love of your life. I like the way that the instrumental starts off slow and intimate then, picks up pace but, still remains are sultry and romantic.

My Interpretation
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I cannot believe such a sweet song exists. It explains perfectly how it is to love so much that you find this person the reason of your existence.

It describes how love can fill your heart with such power...

This song means so much to me;It reminds me of my life with my late husband. We have been tethered to each other and per God's promise we will be bound to only each other for eternity in His Kingdom. My husband is my soul mate-we are two halves of a whole and our love is so powerful that not even death nor all the powers of darkness can break it.

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To me this song is about a guy who's loved a girl for a very long time. But, when he finally gets the chance to be with her he blows it, thinking of all the things he could have done, "If I had only felt the warmth within your touch, If I had only seen how you smile when you blush, Or how you curl your lip when you concentrate enough, I would have known what I was living for." She comes back to him and he thinks the wait is worth it because he's had time to become a better person."I surrender who I've been for who you are ,nothing makes me stronger than your fragile heart." He gives up all of his bad ways to be with her.

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@ParisLuv This is beautiful...and it is what I believe is true. :)

@ParisLuv This is beautiful...and it is what I believe is true. :)

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I'm surprised there aren't more comments as well. This has got to be one of the greatest love songs ever written and the lyrics are just brilliant.

I'm trying to figure out the phrase "your love is my turning page". When I first heard it I immediately thought of it as this love is a way for him to move forward into the next chapter of his life. He talks about waiting so long for her, almost like he's been stuck in this phase where he can't progress or move forward. But now the story can continue. That's just what I got from it anyway.

I myself consider the phrase "your love is my turning page" to mean that moment in your life when you find your soul mate-a "defining" moment you have waited for your entire life.

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the first time i heard this song, was in breaking dawn part 1, and i fell in love with it. they could not have picked a more perfect song. and Sleeping at Last could not have written a more perfect song! <3

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It's a song about how much a person loves his/her significant other, how he/she feels like finding the right one after a long road of his/her life.

"Your love is my turning page Only the sweetest words remain Every kiss is a cursive line Every touch is a redefining phrase I surrender who I've been for who you are Nothing makes me stronger than your fragile heart If I had only felt how it feels to be yours I would have known what I've been living for all along What I've been living for"

---is trully what he/she feels for her/him but unfortunately he/she is not hers/his

Eventhough they don't end up being together, both of them are certain that their love was great and unforgetable..

I love how the slow pace song delivers the strong love message even harder..

Hopefully the man that I had sent this song to, understands the lyric like I do and able to realize how deep my love was for him..even when we're not together...

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comparison to twilight. (sorry but i love twilight and i found this AMAZING song through breaking dawn.)

I've waited a hundred years But I'd wait a million more for you (edward has waited a LONG time for bella, and he would wait more for her)

Nothing prepared me for the privilege of being yours (nothing, even being a killer could have prepped him for being bellas)

If I had only felt the warmth within your touch If I had only seen how you smile when you blush Or how you curl your lip when you concentrate enough I would have known what I was living for... (if edward had seen bella before, he would have known why he was a vampire, why he was living.)

Your love is my turning page Only the sweetest words remain Every kiss is a cursive line Every touch is a redefining phrase... (bella is awesome to edward... he loves her so much)

I surrender who I've been for who you are Nothing makes me stronger than your fragile heart If I had only felt how it feels to be yours I would have known what I've been living for all along What I've been living for... (edward would die for bella. she makes him stronger. if he had only felt the love he had for her before, because its so strong. NOW he knows, why he is alive)

We're tethered to the story we must tell When I saw you well I knew we'd tell it well With the whisper we will tame the vicious scenes Like a feather bringing kingdoms to their knees (theyd tell their story of them being together well? idk this verse very well...)

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just beautiful.

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I've waited a while And would wait much longer if I had to You were well worth the wait

If I really saw who you are I would have known that you are the one

Your love changes me everything we do brings us closer to love each other more and more

I will change anything to be with you Your loving and caring heart makes me confident and reflects onto me If I had known how right it felt to be with you I would have known that you are the one

Although we'll have ups and downs From the moment we met, I knew it would all be worth it With our unconditional love for one another, we won't let the world tear us apart We are very unique and special, unlike all of the others

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This is my personal interpretation in the context of a situation I am going through right now. I do not believe this is necessarily (or at all) the musician's meaning behind it... this is how these couple of lyrics touched me today in the moment i am living right now...

"I surrender who I've been for who you are"

I feel like, in my current situation, I was so set in my ways and wanting him to change that I didn't realize that I needed to make some changes with regards to acceptance and understanding that him and I are not exactly alike and I can not make him be someone he is not and that I need to surrender who I am (dominating the situation and wanting what I want when I want it) for who he is (someone who is slow to change, shy, not as touchy feely as I'd prefer, etc. etc.) I must accept his way of being and to do so I must surrender my "need" for him to be something his is not...

"Nothing makes me stronger than your fragile heart" The same situation I spoke of above... I have had to be so strong through all of this. Surrendering my needs and wants and desires in order to keep around the man that I love so much... this man who has a fragile heart, that I didn't even realize he did until recently. But he is fragile. I am not so much. I am growing stronger through this and I'm realizing that I CAN sacrifice some of my desires and needs for him... for my love. I can do it and I will be stronger for it and who knows? Maybe down the road he will grow stronger and he may someday be able to fulfill some of these needs and desires I have that he is simply unable to do at this time... Maybe later he will be able to stand in the other shoes and make sacrifices for who I am... and we will meet in this beautiful middle.

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