[Verse 1] The woman at the checkout hasn’t slept in three whole nights, Her mother’s in the hospital, and the doctors aren’t sure why. The man behind her’s counting every dollar in his hand, He’s rehearsing how to tell his kids their birthday party’s canned. And somewhere in the middle of a perfectly normal day, A thousand private tragedies are passing us this way. We never see the weight of what another person holds, Just the little bit of living that they’re willing to unfold. [Pre-Chorus] You don’t have to know their story, You don’t have to understand. Sometimes all the world is asking Is a moment and a hand. [Chorus] It only takes two seconds, But those seconds might be everything. You don’t know whose world is breaking, Or what a little kindness brings. You might be the only gentle thing They’ve encountered all damn day. And you’ll never know the difference That you made along the way. [Verse 2] There’s a boy who sits alone because the others think he’s strange, And a teacher who remembers what it felt like at his age. There’s a waitress barely standing through another double shift, And a stranger leaves a message saying, “You were wonderful at this.” There’s a man who calls his brother after years of bitter pride, Just to ask him how he’s doing, just to hear him on the line. And none of them can measure what a moment might undo, Or how much of someone’s darkness can be softened passing through. [Pre-Chorus 2] You may never see the ripple, Never hear the story told. But a kindness isn’t smaller Just because you’ll never know. [Chorus] It only takes two seconds, But those seconds might be everything. You don’t know whose world is breaking, Or what a little kindness brings. You might be the only gentle thing They’ve encountered all damn day. And you’ll never know the difference That you made along the way. [Bridge] You won’t be there tomorrow When they find the strength to rise. You won’t know they kept your kindness Like a candle through the night. You won’t hear them tell the story Of the day somebody cared. But somewhere in a life you’ll never see, There’s a little more happiness there. [Final Chorus] It only takes two seconds, But those seconds might be everything. You don’t know whose world is breaking, Or what a little kindness brings. You might be the only gentle thing They’ve encountered all damn day. And you’ll never know the difference That you made along the way.
