You brought me this piano when I was only nine
and when I touched the keys upon it my face began to shine
now I can’t thank you enough for the stories I would find
when I played that new piano and escaped inside my mind
You gave me an instrument that sent songs into my heart
yet when I think back on it I find it played a bigger part
the piano wasn’t ornate it had no wood carving design
and the bench was nothing special, but for me it did just fine
the piano would not be welcome in concert halls or places well refined
it was just a simple sturdy upright that I would learn to play in time
And it put a new song in my heart
and in the darkness the melody was a shard
bringing hope when life was hard
and I would find it’s not the flashy things that shine
it’s what’s inside that resonates more loudly over time
Twenty five years later with my hand upon familiar keys
I close my eyes in hope to find some peace
I walk into a melody and I am lifted
I walk into a melody and life is sifted
complications erased
dissatisfactions have no trace
chords untangle inside my mind
and I think back to another time
when you gave me this piano and my face begins to shine
It put a new song in my heart
and in the darkness the melody was a shard
bringing hope when life was hard
and I would find it’s not the flashy things that shine
it’s what’s inside that resonates more loudly over time