Something Tamed Something Wild

There's a shoebox full of letters Bound up neatly with some twine Each one was like a diamond Now the jewel is lost to time My reward is in the knowing That I held it in my hands for a little while What else is there But the treasures in your heart? Something tamed something wild For every time that I've been foolish When I'd wish that I'd been wise The power of regret still gets me Right between the eyes And sometimes I want to weep With nothing, but the tears of a little child What else is there But the lessons in your heart? Something tamed something wild Here's a map I've memorized of everywhere I've ever been And the faces of everyone I've loved and left to try again I couldn't make out what they were saying So instead I listened hard to what's inside What else is there But the voice inside your heart? Something tamed something wild Some nights I'm woken up by something stirring in my chest It's a feeling I've no name for It's hard to catch my breath I'm staring down the great big lonesome As I'm listening for the dwindling of time What else is there But the echoes in your heart? Something tamed something wild So the things that matter to me now Are different from the past I care less about arriving than just being in the path Of some light carved out of nothing The way it feels when the universe has smiled What else is there But the beating of your heart? Something tamed something wild There's the shoebox full of letters There's the map I won't forget The voices and the lessons And the signals that connect us Manifested to the spirit Way deep down where it goes unseen by the eye What else is there But the love inside your heart? To a life like a fireworks to a spark Over and above you in its arc Something tamed something wild