Bloom Between Our Steps

[Verse 1]
You met me where the footbridge shook
Our paper tickets soft with rain
You laughed before the train doors closed
And made a stranger feel like kin

[Pre-Chorus]
We traded maps, we changed our minds
You showed me how to start again

[Chorus]
Not every hand is meant to hold
For all the miles, for all the years
But look what bloomed between our steps
The nerve to change, the nerve to care
I carry more than what we lost
I carry joy you helped me name

[Verse 2]
At dawn, the bakery rolled its shutters
You drew a face in flour dust
We missed our stop, walked half the town
And laughed until the buses came

[Pre-Chorus]
Some doors swing shut; the mark stays warm
A brighter shape beneath the skin

[Chorus]
Not every hand is meant to hold
For all the miles, for all the years
But look what bloomed between our steps
The nerve to change, the nerve to care
I carry more than what we lost
I carry joy you helped me name

[Bridge]
You lent me courage, I gave it back
In other rooms, to other hearts
No promise needed for it to matter
A passing light can teach the dark

[Final Chorus]
Not every hand is meant to hold
For all the miles, for all the years
But look what bloomed between our steps
The nerve to change, the nerve to care
I carry more than what we lost
I carry joy you helped me name

[Outro]
You changed the way I meet the world
That stays, though roads divide