[Verse 1] You met me where the footbridge shook Our paper tickets soft with rain You laughed before the train doors closed And made a stranger feel like kin [Pre-Chorus] We traded maps, we changed our minds You showed me how to start again [Chorus] Not every hand is meant to hold For all the miles, for all the years But look what bloomed between our steps The nerve to change, the nerve to care I carry more than what we lost I carry joy you helped me name [Verse 2] At dawn, the bakery rolled its shutters You drew a face in flour dust We missed our stop, walked half the town And laughed until the buses came [Pre-Chorus] Some doors swing shut; the mark stays warm A brighter shape beneath the skin [Chorus] Not every hand is meant to hold For all the miles, for all the years But look what bloomed between our steps The nerve to change, the nerve to care I carry more than what we lost I carry joy you helped me name [Bridge] You lent me courage, I gave it back In other rooms, to other hearts No promise needed for it to matter A passing light can teach the dark [Final Chorus] Not every hand is meant to hold For all the miles, for all the years But look what bloomed between our steps The nerve to change, the nerve to care I carry more than what we lost I carry joy you helped me name [Outro] You changed the way I meet the world That stays, though roads divide
