Out of Time

(soft instrumental opening)

I’m standing close but you’re far away

Every touch feels late to say

I feel the space you never cross

I reach for you, but feel the loss

I give you more than you request

You keep your heart behind your chest

I move ahead, you hesitate

Like we arrived too late, too late

I’m right on time, but not for you

You’re chasing something I can’t be to

You don’t want love, you want a sign

And I’m just here at the wrong time

We don’t feel the same kind of love

Even when we’re side by side

One is holding, one is breaking

Calling it truth, calling it right

We’re not wrong, just out of time

Out of step, out of line

One is staying, one is gone

But both still swear they’re holding on

Now someone’s looking at me

The way I once looked at you

I see the hope inside their eyes

I know I can’t follow through

They give me warmth, they give me trust

But hearts don’t move just because they must

I see myself in their regret

And feel the weight I can’t forget

I became the distant one

The silent pause, the loaded line

I understood you way too late

Standing on the other side

We don’t feel the same kind of love

Even when we’re side by side

One is holding, one is breaking

Calling it truth, calling it right

We’re not wrong, just out of time

Out of step, out of line

One is staying, one is gone

But both still swear they’re holding on

Maybe love was never fair

Maybe timing draws the line

Two hearts beating different rhythms

Trying hard to realign

We learn through almosts and goodbyes

Through open hands and closed eyes

Every miss leaves something real

Teaching us how not to feel

We don’t feel the same kind of love

But we still keep moving on

Someone sooner, someone later

Learns what all of this was for

Not every ending means we failed

Not every distance breaks the heart

Sometimes love is just the truth

That we were never meant to start

We were close…

And that was real

For a moment