Borrowed Time [DUET Female Vocal & Male Vocal] [Verse 1 Female Vocal] You said you'd stay until the morning. You didn't say what that would mean. [Verse 1 Male Vocal] I thought if I kept my eyes on you, I'd find the words between. [Female Vocal] You've always been afraid of words. [Male Vocal] You've always heard too much. [Female Vocal] I heard you when you loved me. [Male Vocal] I never said it enough. [Female Vocal] No. You didn't. [Verse 2 Male Vocal] Do you remember that summer when the whole world felt so wide? We walked for hours along the headland, with nowhere else to hide. [Female Vocal] You talked about leaving. [Male Vocal] I was young. [Female Vocal] You talked about forever. [Male Vocal] I was wrong. [Female Vocal] Were you? [Male Vocal] I don't know. I only know I meant it when I said it to you then. [Female Vocal] And I believed you. That's the trouble. [Pre-Chorus Female Vocal] There's a strange kind of sorrow in knowing what we know. [Male Vocal] That every road we're standing on has somewhere else to go. [Female Vocal] So don't tell me it'll be alright. [Male Vocal] I won't. [Female Vocal] Don't tell me we have time. [Male Vocal] I won't. [Both Vocals] Just tell me you're here. [Chorus BOTH VOCALS] We're living on borrowed time, you and I. Like two old flames refusing to die. No promise in the morning, no reason to pretend. If this is where the road runs out, let it find us hand in hand. We're living on borrowed time, and maybe that's enough. One more night beneath these skies, one more chance to call it love. [Verse 3 Female Vocal] You know what hurt me most? [Male Vocal] What? [Female Vocal] Not that you left. That you came back when I had finally learned how to breathe without you. I came back because I missed you. [Female Vocal] I know. [Male Vocal] I came back because every place I went without you felt like somewhere I didn't belong. You should have told me. [Male Vocal] I was afraid. [Female Vocal] Of me? [Male Vocal] Of how much I still loved you. [Verse 4 Male Vocal] And you? Did you ever stop? [Female Vocal] Stop what? [Male Vocal] Loving me. [Female Vocal] I tried. [Male Vocal] Did it work? [Female Vocal] No. [Male Vocal] I'm sorry. [Female Vocal] Don't be. Some things aren't meant to be fixed. Some things are meant to be carried. [Male Vocal] Then let me carry this with you. [Female Vocal] You'd better. [Instrumental Interlude spacious piano, bowed upright bass, brushed drums, Irish fiddle and harp; free improvisation, slow and breathing] [Bridge Female Vocal] If tomorrow takes you from me, what will you remember? [Male Vocal] Your voice. [Female Vocal] Only that? [Male Vocal] The way you laughed when you were trying not to. The way you looked at the sea like you were waiting for an answer. The way you forgave me before I deserved it. [Female Vocal] And if tomorrow takes me? [Male Vocal] I'll remember that you were here. [Female Vocal] That's not enough. [Male Vocal] No. But it's everything. [Bridge Male Vocal] If I had another lifetime, I'd find you sooner. [Female Vocal] Would you do it differently? [Male Vocal] I'd be less afraid. [Female Vocal] You say that now. [Male Vocal] I know. [Female Vocal] And I'd still fall for you. [Male Vocal] Even knowing this? [Female Vocal] Especially knowing this. [Final Chorus BOTH VOCALS, building slowly] We're living on borrowed time, you and I. Two hearts still beating under the same sky. No promise in the morning, no answer at the end. Just stay with me until the darkness turns to blue again. We're living on borrowed time, so let the old wounds fade. Let the years we couldn't save be the price we never paid. And if this is all we're given, if this is where we stand then take my hand. Don't say goodbye. Not tonight. [Outro Female Vocal] Will you stay? [Male Vocal] Until you ask me to go. [Female Vocal] I don't think I'll ask. [Male Vocal] Then I won't go. [Female Vocal] And tomorrow? [Male Vocal] We'll leave tomorrow to tomorrow. [Female Vocal] You always did hate making promises. [Male Vocal] Only the ones I couldn't keep. [Female Vocal] Then don't promise me forever. [Male Vocal] I won't. [Both Vocals softly] Just this moment. Just this breath. Just you and me. On borrowed time.
