[Verse 1] Your name lights up between the shifts I read it leaning by the sink The lunchbox waits beside the keys I type “I miss you,” stop, then blink You ask if Sunday’s still a plan I count the hours I can’t move There’s always one more thing to do And one more thing I’d rather do with you [Pre-Chorus] I know you’ve learned to wait for me I hate that waiting has a cost If I could hand you every hour I’d still be short of what we’ve lost [Chorus] I wish you knew, I carry you Through every mile and every task I’m not choosing all this distance I’m just caught beneath the asks When I’m late, when plans fall through Please don’t read it as goodbye You are loved in all the minutes I can’t give you by and by [Verse 2] Your jacket hangs behind my door The sleeve still holds a trace of rain I pass it on the way back out And tell myself next week again You send a picture from the park The crooked bench, the paper kite I save it where the small things stay And look at it before goodnight [Pre-Chorus] I know you’ve learned to wait for me I hate that waiting has a cost If I could hand you every hour I’d still be short of what we’ve lost [Chorus] I wish you knew, I carry you Through every mile and every task I’m not choosing all this distance I’m just caught beneath the asks When I’m late, when plans fall through Please don’t read it as goodbye You are loved in all the minutes I can’t give you by and by [Bridge] I’m sorry for the dinners cold For “soon” that turned to next weekend For hearing your small voice go quiet While I was fixing what came next I can’t undo the hours gone But I can tell you plain and true: The life that keeps me running hard Is still a life that runs to you [Final Chorus] I wish you knew, I carry you Through every mile and every task I’m not choosing all this distance I’m just caught beneath the asks When I’m late, when plans fall through Please don’t read it as goodbye You are loved in all the minutes And I’ll keep reaching for more time [Outro] Your name lights up between the shifts I’ll call when this last thing is through And if you wonder where my heart is It’s making its way back to you
