[Verse 1] Your message waits beside the sink I read it while the kettle sings You ask if I can make it Sunday I check the hours, count the things The school forms, calls, the borrowed car A shift that runs past half-past eight I type, “I miss you, I’ll be there” Then watch the minutes close the gate [Pre-Chorus] I know you’re tired of hearing soon I know a promise doesn’t hold But every time I turn away It’s not because my heart grew cold [Chorus] If you could see what I carry for you You’d know the distance isn’t where I want to be I’m pulled by the lives that depend on me But you’re still the place I’m trying to reach I’m sorry my hours keep saying no When every part of me wants you close If love could count for the time I can’t give You’d know how much of me is yours to keep [Verse 2] Your coat is hanging by the door From that last night we stayed too late We laughed about the burnt-up pie And said we’d do it soon again I keep that picture in my phone Your crooked grin, the paper plates I pass it on the bus ride home And feel the miles between our days [Pre-Chorus] I know a heart can’t live on plans Or little notes I never send I’m trying not to let the urgent Take the place of who I love again [Chorus] If you could see what I carry for you You’d know the distance isn’t where I want to be I’m pulled by the lives that depend on me But you’re still the place I’m trying to reach I’m sorry my hours keep saying no When every part of me wants you close If love could count for the time I can’t give You’d know how much of me is yours to keep [Bridge] When the last appointment’s written down When the laundry’s folded, lights are low I’ll come sit beside you, no excuse No checking what I still have to do And if I’m late, if plans fall through Please don’t mistake the clock for truth I may be far across the town But I have never put you down [Final Chorus] If you could see what I carry for you You’d know the distance isn’t where I want to be I’m pulled by the lives that depend on me But you’re still the place I’m trying to reach I’m sorry my hours keep saying no When every part of me wants you close If love could count for the time I can’t give You’d know how much of me is yours to keep [Outro] Your message waits beside the sink I’ll call tonight; I mean it this time
