Some people leave their mark Without asking to be seen Some people give a little more Than they know they give While most of the world Is turning out the light You're somewhere working Through another night And somewhere between The hours running long You still find a place To put your words in song Not somebody else's story Not somebody else's lines You build it from the ground up One word at a time And somehow there's still room For kindness left to give Funny how the smallest things Can tell you how somebody lives You never know Who needed what you said You never know Where one good word is led You give the night your hours You give the music words You give a little kindness Not knowing where it's heard Some things travel farther Than we'll ever get to see A word, a song, a moment Can become somebody's memory You give the night your hours And leave your words Where they can breathe There's something about a lyric When you know it came from you No borrowed conversation Just the way you see the truth A rhythm gets the heartbeat But the words can make it stay A line somebody carries Long after sound has faded away And you did something similar Without intending to You showed up with encouragement Just because that's what you do No spotlight No announcement Just support that felt sincere Sometimes the quiet gestures Are the ones we really hear You never know Who needed what you said You never know How far one kindness spreads You give the night your hours You give the music words You give a little kindness Not knowing where it's heard Some things travel farther Than we'll ever get to see A word, a song, a moment Can become somebody's memory You give the night your hours And leave your words Where they can breathe So this time Let somebody Send a little something back A melody for every word Of kindness that you've passed Not because you asked for it Not because you knew Just a song to say The kindness Made it through You give the night your hours You give the music words You give a little kindness And sometimes it returns Maybe we don't always know The difference that we make Until somebody stops And takes the time to say I noticed I remember And this one's for you Keep writing your words Keep making your songs Somebody's listening Somewhere After midnight
