One Day, I Thought

[Intro] A familiar ascent, a winding way through town Funny what the years can leave behind [Verse 1] Ten years of taking that winding hillside The daily passage to school, the shops and home With something extraordinary waiting along its course The same ascending curves, the succession of turns The cherry trees take over both sides of the road Reaching across the view without reserve Pink against the afternoon, almost impossibly lovely Somewhere along that stretch, the day would open up A gradual inhale, a little more room for dreaming The mind released from its habitual unrest And the impossible felt within reach for a while [Pre-Chorus] A little film I meant to make along that hill Something I'd get around to when the timing felt right Spring would come around again There was never any reason to hurry [Chorus 1] And the road kept blooming Season after season A quiet reminder That beauty hadn't withdrawn from the world Even on the days When everything else felt impossibly far away I could almost forgive the universe For the things it hadn't given me [Verse 2] A yearly arrival, almost unreasonable generosity A spectacle that never exhausted its impression How casually I delayed what I held so dear Appreciation became an intention for another occasion One day, I thought One day, when the timing was right There would be another spring There would always be another spring How amply I spent that assumption I could have stopped I could have stepped closer Taken in the fragrance Possibly held a fallen petal Between my fingers for a moment Instead, I let the day carry me home (There was always next time) [Bridge] How do you grieve something that hasn't even happened yet? Somebody else is passing through without a second thought Do they ever slow down? Do those branches give them somewhere to belong When nowhere else offers much refuge? Perhaps I never understood how much of my hope Had taken up residence along that hill Now even the thought of returning Has acquired a distance of its own And the road kept blooming [Chorus 2] And the road kept blooming Season after season Only I fell out of its seasons All those chances I thought I could reclaim And that soothing routine, now at an impasse I can't forgive the universe For the things it had taken from me Taken from me [Outro] I've come to a standstill Though my spirit's still en route And who would have thought I'd ever find myself in a reality Where getting my hope back Would become something to hope for? One day One day One day One day One day One day One day One day One day One day One day One day Perhaps 🌸 © 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗘𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘇