[Verse 1] We sat outside in May that year Three couples on the lawn I didn't know they'd come apart I smiled and moved along I gave the safe and rounded answers The ones that cost you nothing The kind that float and disappear Before they're even something [Pre-Chorus] Round and white and flavorless — Safe and hidden in the crowd But the life you left unaccounted Never comes back out [Chorus] Five seconds — everything changes A door, a crack, a turn Write it down — or lose the day It's yours to keep or burn [Verse 2] I started writing one line down Each night before I slept The days I thought were ordinary Were the ones I almost kept Time doesn't fly — it goes unaccounted You only keep what you name Twelve years in and I've slowed right down The days don't feel the same [Pre-Chorus] Round and white and flavorless — Safe and hidden in the crowd But the life you left unaccounted Never comes back out [Chorus] Five seconds — everything changes A door, a crack, a turn Write it down — or lose the day It's yours to keep or burn [Bridge] She looked up across the classroom Said, I don't like that smile Three years of silence — then one sentence Crossed the longest mile Not the year — just that one heartbeat Not the lesson — just the light She'd been carrying it for years And now she let it shine [Final Chorus] Five seconds — everything changes A door, a crack, a turn Write it down — or lose the day It's yours to keep — you've earned it
