[Verse 1] You count the hours like coins in a jar Stack every small win, still wonder how far The page goes quiet when the room empties out And all that you built feels too easy to doubt [Pre-Chorus] But somebody found the door you left ajar Somebody kept going because of who you are [Chorus] If it matters to one, it mattered in time A hand on the railing, a match in the mine You don't get to see every seed that you sow But roots take their hold where the cold rivers go [Verse 2] Your name may wear thin on a file or a wall The kindness you gave won't be filed there at all It lives in the sentence they chose not to say In the courage they carried into the next day [Pre-Chorus] The work isn't measured by who keeps the score A life can turn quietly, then open a door [Chorus] If it matters to one, it mattered in time A hand on the railing, a match in the mine You don't get to see every seed that you sow But roots take their hold where the cold rivers go [Bridge] Let the years take the paper, the praise, and the frame You changed what was possible; that's not the same As being remembered by everyone here You made one hard moment less lonely to bear [Final Chorus] If it matters to one, it mattered in time A hand on the railing, a match in the mine You don't get to see every seed that you sow But roots take their hold where the cold rivers go [Outro] Somewhere a door swings wide Because you left it that way
