A Little Time

[Verse 1]
You came in carrying rain on your coat
I was halfway through learning to leave
We traded the names of the towns we had known
And the reasons we stayed for a week

[Verse 2]
Some people arrive like a door left ajar
Some leave with the season they came
No one belongs to another by right
Still we make room and give tenderness names

[Pre-Chorus]
A hand on the table
A laugh in the hall
A small piece of time
Can outlast it all

[Chorus]
We are not promised, we are not owned
We meet for a moment and make it a home
Then life keeps on turning, the miles rearrange
But what we made together is never erased
You were here, I was there
And for that little while, we cared

[Verse 3]
The train pulled away with your scarf in my bag
Your number worn soft on a page
I kept the last story you told me that night
Like a pressed leaf held safe from its age

[Pre-Chorus]
A hand on the table
A laugh in the hall
A small piece of time
Can outlast it all

[Chorus]
We are not promised, we are not owned
We meet for a moment and make it a home
Then life keeps on turning, the miles rearrange
But what we made together is never erased
You were here, I was there
And for that little while, we cared

[Bridge]
If the road takes you somewhere I’ll never see
I won’t call the leaving a debt you owe me
I’ll keep the bright hour, the truth that we knew
Love isn’t a claim; it’s a thing we choose
And every goodbye can still carry its proof
That once, in this life, I was lucky with you

[Final Chorus]
We are not promised, we are not owned
We meet for a moment and make it a home
Though life keeps on turning, the miles rearrange
What we made together is never erased
You were here, I was there
And for that little while, we cared
For that little while, we cared

[Outro]
The day moves on, the story stays
A little time can hold whole days