I Carry Good From Your Side

[Verse 1]
You met me halfway through a sentence,
laughed before I found the end.
We took the long way past the river,
with nowhere urgent left to be.
You taught me how to say what mattered;
I showed you where the trail ran through.
Somewhere in the miles between us,
I became a little more myself with you.

[Chorus]
Not every hand is here forever,
not every door stays open wide.
But what we gave each other travels;
I carry good from your side.
The joy was real, the change was real,
the years can’t take that truth away.
We were a bright part of each other,
and that still counts today.

[Verse 2]
Your note is tucked inside my sketchbook,
ink blurred where the rain came through.
I still use the phrase you gave me
when a hard thing needs a name.
We moved on toward different mornings,
no villain and no debt to pay.
I’m glad the road once crossed your road;
I’m glad you came my way.

[Breakdown]
For every borrowed hour,
for every brave new start,
I keep the part that opened
another room inside my heart.

[Chorus]
Not every hand is here forever,
not every door stays open wide.
But what we gave each other travels;
I carry good from your side.
The joy was real, the change was real,
the years can’t take that truth away.
We were a bright part of each other,
and that still counts today.

[Outro]
You changed the way I see the road.
I hope I did the same for you.