[Verse 1] You met me halfway through a sentence, laughed before I found the end. We took the long way past the river, with nowhere urgent left to be. You taught me how to say what mattered; I showed you where the trail ran through. Somewhere in the miles between us, I became a little more myself with you. [Chorus] Not every hand is here forever, not every door stays open wide. But what we gave each other travels; I carry good from your side. The joy was real, the change was real, the years can’t take that truth away. We were a bright part of each other, and that still counts today. [Verse 2] Your note is tucked inside my sketchbook, ink blurred where the rain came through. I still use the phrase you gave me when a hard thing needs a name. We moved on toward different mornings, no villain and no debt to pay. I’m glad the road once crossed your road; I’m glad you came my way. [Breakdown] For every borrowed hour, for every brave new start, I keep the part that opened another room inside my heart. [Chorus] Not every hand is here forever, not every door stays open wide. But what we gave each other travels; I carry good from your side. The joy was real, the change was real, the years can’t take that truth away. We were a bright part of each other, and that still counts today. [Outro] You changed the way I see the road. I hope I did the same for you.
