[Verse 1] There’s a wheel in the meadow turnin’ fast, Everybody says, “Let it pass,” Seed in the ground, shovel in the clay, You said “Not yet,” I heard “someday.” Your laugh drifted off with the changing sky, Same old moon, different kind of goodbye, You say the wind don’t owe us a name, But it sure knows how to leave a stain. [Chorus] You said there’s a time to hold, a time to let go, Funny how you always seemed to know, Clock kept movin’, you stayed kind, I stayed still, losin’ track of mine. You danced along with the undertow, Called it freedom, called it flow, But it felt cruel, it felt blind, Like I missed my cue in time. [Verse 2] I watched love bloom like a desert rose, You watched it die when the cold wind blows, You called it grace, I called it fear, One of us stayed, one disappeared. Peace walked in, you let it stay, I learned how loud silence can play, You blessed the night, you praised the dawn, I just wondered why you were gone. [Chorus] You said there’s a time to speak, a time to be still, But still can feel an awful lot like will, You raised a glass to the passing years, I swallowed words and counted tears. You rode the wave, you cut the line, Said failure’s just a crooked sign, But it felt wrong, it didn’t rhyme, Like love fell out of time. [Bridge] You stopped askin’ the why and when, I kept circlin’ the same “what if” again, You found rest by the river bend, I stayed upstream, fightin’ the end, You called the questions long-lost friends, I called them ghosts that won’t pretend. [Verse 3] You said there’s a time to run, a time to rest, Guess I missed whichever one was best, Hands stayed empty while yours let go, I held on harder than I should’ve known. You hummed along, you trusted the tune, I waited for a different moon, They say the days don’t belong to you, But some days never pass clean through. [Final Chorus] You said there’s a time to love, a time to grieve, Some of us don’t get to choose when we leave, You played your part, you bowed just fine, I stayed behind, still markin’ time. If there’s any truth I learned too late, It’s that patience can still feel like fate, Ain’t no crown, ain’t no crime, Just a heart stuck out of time. [Outro] Wheel keeps turnin’, cold and wide, You found peace on the other side, If you ever hear this rhyme, Know I’m still somewhere in time.
