DISTANCE HAD TO LET US GO [Intro – Male] Yeah… I thought I knew how much I loved you Till you were standing right there… Then everything changed. [Verse 1 – Male] We learned each other from a thousand miles, Through late-night talks and tired smiles, I knew your heart before your hands, Knew every dream, knew every plan. I thought that had to be enough, Thought I already knew this love, Then you walked in and looked at me, And distance lost its hold on me. First hug hit different than I pictured, Your laugh sounded better right beside me, All those nights I said I missed you— Girl, I ain’t even know what missing meant. [Pre-Chorus – Male] ‘Cause loving you from far away Was real as anything I’ve known, But then I got you in my arms And suddenly I understood— [Chorus – Male] I fell in love with you all over again, Same heart, same girl, but deeper than it’s ever been. I thought I knew what loving you could feel like, Then I held you close and everything just felt right. Distance had us dreaming, Now I know. Some things you can’t understand Till you’re close. I loved you before I touched you, But baby, now I know— We didn’t lose to the distance… Distance had to let us go. [Verse 2 – Female] I was scared reality might change us, That maybe what we built was made of wishes, Maybe standing face-to-face Would somehow make it feel different. And it did— Just not the way I feared. ‘Cause your hands felt like somewhere I’d been, Your eyes felt familiar against my skin, We laughed like we’d done this a thousand times, Like distance was the stranger, not you and I. I touched your face just to make it real, You looked at me and I saw what you feel, And every question I carried inside Went quiet when you stood by my side. [Pre-Chorus – Female] I didn’t need another promise, Didn’t need you to convince me, There are some answers words can’t give— I found mine when you held me. [Chorus – Both] We fell in love with us all over again, Same two hearts, just deeper than they’d ever been. We thought we knew what loving us could feel like, Then we held each other and everything just felt right. Distance had us dreaming, Now we know. Some things you can’t understand Till you’re close. We loved before we touched, But baby, now we know— We didn’t lose to the distance… Distance had to let us go. [Bridge – Male] Now when I say I miss you, That sentence weighs more. [Female] ’Cause now I know your hands, I know your arms. [Male] I know how your face changes Right before you smile. [Female] I know what six hours feels like When you’ve waited forever. [Male] And I’d wait again. [Female] I’d cross it again. [Both] Because distance didn’t make this love— It just proved what it couldn’t break. [Breakdown – Male] I thought I loved you before… [Female] You did. [Male] But then I got to hold you… [Female] And I got to hold you. [Male] And somehow— [Both] We fell in love All over again. [Final Chorus – Both] We fell in love with us all over again, No starting over—just deeper than we’d ever been. Nothing disappeared when the distance disappeared, Everything we built became even more clear. We were real when we were dreaming, Real when we were alone, Real before our hands ever had Something real to hold. And if the miles come between us, There’s one thing that we know: We already beat the question Of what happens when we’re close. We loved before we touched, And we’ll love wherever we go— Distance never owned us… Distance just had to let us go. [Outro – Male] You were my sunshine from a distance… [Female] And I’m still your sunshine up close. [Both] Now we know. Still SHINE & Capo Forever & a Day
