[Verse 1] Funny how it always works The one you want Won't come to you The one somebody else is chasing Somehow falls into your hands So I look down At this little capsule And wonder where you are Maybe the one I've wanted for weeks Is sitting In your pocket now [Pre-Chorus] If you were standing here I'd only have to say— “Hey, would you wanna trade?” That's it Problem solved But I don't know your name I don't know your face I don't even know If you were here today [Chorus] Same place Different time Maybe we passed Without passing by Same machine Same little world But somehow We never meet I've got the one You've been looking for Maybe you've got The one I need Funny how we're So close together And still So far apart Same place Different time [Verse 2] I come in At three in the afternoon You were here At eleven Four little hours Between us Might as well be Four thousand miles We walked Across the same floor Looked through The same clear case Maybe our fingers Touched the same handle Just not On the same day We're living In the same city Coming back To the same tiny place How can somewhere This small Be big enough To keep us apart? [Chorus] Same place Different time Somehow connected By what we leave behind You took one I came for another And turned the machine After you I've got the one You've been looking for Maybe you've got The one I need One simple trade And we'd both be laughing But there's no way To ask We're probably Not far away Funny— It feels like we are [Bridge] What if we could Leave a little note? “I have this.” “I'm looking for that.” Nothing more No names No numbers No promises To meet Just someone from yesterday Talking To someone tomorrow Across a few Quiet words That should be The easiest thing In the world ... Why does it feel So impossible? [Final Chorus] Same place Different time Still we keep Coming back somehow Thinking for a second About someone We've never even met This capsule I don't really want Could be exactly What you're hoping for And the one I keep trying to find Might be sitting In your drawer So maybe someday Somewhere between Yesterday and tomorrow Your little accident And mine Will finally Find each other Same place Different time Maybe that's enough For now [Outro] Tonight I'll take this one home It isn't What I wanted But walking away I catch myself wondering— Would you have Wanted it? ... Same place Different time Maybe one day Same place Same time.
