[Verse 1] I walked home late through darkened streets the windows glowing the asphalt still warm Then came the rain first just a whisper then falling harder on jacket and hair I found some shelter in the old bus stop and moved in quietly under the cold light An old man sat there at the edge of the bench his hands folded inward his eyes somewhere else I sat down slowly at the other end not because of him just to stop for a while [Pre-Chorus] I didn’t want to ask I didn’t want to give I didn’t want to become someone inside of this Then a car drove by and its light fell on us both for one single breath no one was alone [Chorus] Nothing was missing nothing had to stay nothing tried to hold nothing pulled away Nothing was lost nothing was too much love simply moved right through both of us Nothing was missing nothing was alone for one quiet second everything was one [Verse 2] The timetable leaned behind cold plastic the final bus had long gone by He held a ticket between two fingers as if there still was some place left to ride I didn’t look at him but somehow I saw it all the wet shoes waiting the collar in the wind He pulled his coat a little closer then silently made space in the middle of the bench [Pre-Chorus] I didn’t want to read I didn’t want to take I didn’t want to know what one gives to another Then from the roof one drop fell slowly and both of us looked up at the same time [Chorus] Nothing was missing nothing had to stay nothing tried to hold nothing pulled away Nothing was lost nothing was too much love simply moved right through both of us Nothing was missing nothing was alone for one quiet second everything was one [Verse 3] No bus was coming only wind through the street and somewhere a dog barked into the night I almost stood up with nothing left to do because staying is harder than walking away Then he laid his hand quietly on the bench not reaching toward me just open enough And I stayed sitting till the rain became soft till two strangers faded into two breaths at once [Bridge] Then I came back into my body back to the night back to the rain Back to the bench under cold light back to the name no one spoke here But something stayed under the breathing soft as water still as light I could not hold it I could not lose it it was not mine it only moved through me [Final Chorus] Nothing was missing nothing had to stay nothing tried to hold nothing pulled away Nothing was lost nothing was too much love simply moved right through both of us Nothing was missing nothing was alone for one quiet second everything was one [Outro] Before the name before the question before the word that separates The rain kept falling the street stayed wet and no one had to know what it was
