"How I Love You" : Song Lyrics

If you know the song "Hallelujah" from Shrek, then you're acquainted with the melody for the following words. I rewrote the lyrics, and it's meant to be a wedding song.

I know there is a secret chord
And hearts in love, of one accord,
Sing sweetly to its music, "How I love you!"

The melody is very clear:
A harmony we all can hear,
When we find the heart that tells us "How I love you!"

How I love you, how I love you!
How I love you – how I love you.

The heart is strong and full of life,
So, welcome suff'ring, welcome, strife!
I'll sing this song forever, for I love you!

You took my heart, my hand, my love,
And ev'rything I'm worthy of,
And lifted me to heaven, for I love you.

How I love you, how I love you!
How I love you – how I love you.

Maybe there will come a day
When life is rough and it's hard to say,
With a willing heart and soul, how much I love you.

But life is quaint, with its ups and downs,
And love survives the tears and frowns
With a joyful and more fervent "How I love you!"

How I love you, how I love you!
How I love you – how I love you.

For, since we've been one heart in two,
There's little that this world can do
To ever tell my heart it doesn't love you.

For love is stronger than this earth:
Immortal wings have brought it birth –
Eternally we'll sing it: "How I love you!"

How I love you, how I love you!
How I love you – how I love you.

And now we pray to God above
To bless our union and our love,
And may He be the reason that I love you.

For love that's born of earthly things
Will die amid great sufferings,
But God is Love Eternal, so I love you!

How I love you, how I love you!
How I love you – how I love you.

How I love you, how I love you!
How I love you – how I love you.