[INTRO] She found the song still there in the playlist She heard it again and something came back [VERSE] He played that song on nights when he couldn't sleep when everything was heavy and his thoughts were running deep He thought about you when the melody came through She never heard those moments but somehow she always knew Now she hears those same notes but everything has changed and somehow they still carry a feeling she can't explain [CHORUS] "Once she told me" “I knew the sound before I knew it was mine.” The old still lives inside the new and neither has to disappear She can carry what remains of you She knows the sound, I promise you Sometimes his feelings reach her from somewhere deep inside For a moment she can feel them like she's looking through his eyes [VERSE] Sometimes it comes without warning a feeling she doesn't recognize It settles somewhere in her body and suddenly she's back inside that night She feels a weight she never carried until it finds its way to her Like something crossed the years between them and stayed beneath her skin She doesn't know where it ends or where that feeling starts But she knows she can feel it without falling apart [PRE-CHORUS] She's not trying to go backwards she's learning how to stay The past can stand beside her while she finds another way [CHORUS] "Once she told me" “I knew the sound before I knew it was mine.” The old still lives inside the new and nothing has to be erased She can remember everything without getting lost in yesterday But I see her here, lost there She will stop being afraid like she was before She will find the warmth she's looking for instead of hiding in the tears I promise I'll be right here with her She is still here She is still here [BRIDGE] If a note comes in too late let it stay where it falls If her voice breaks for a moment let the silence hear it all It doesn't have to be perfect to mean something true Maybe some of what she carries was once carried by him She can feel what he once felt without getting lost inside it But I see the truth in her eyes She can hold what he left behind without letting it pull her in She will stop being afraid She will find the strength she had We both know she's a strong one She will find a warmer comfort not a comfort made of tears I'll be there by her side [FINAL CHORUS] So let that old song play she doesn't need to turn it down There's a piece of yesterday still living in her now And I let it live there The old can stay the new can grow She doesn't have to choose she can let them both belong And I'm always fine with that She will keep the love and release the fear She will keep the memories and keep moving forward And i keep mine beside here too His story left a mark on hers but it isn't where hers ends She will keep walking She will keep breathing She will let it take the time it needs [OUTRO] The song fades She takes a breath She stays here And she knows— you keep walking with us And I walk with you too
