I Carry You

[Verse 1]
Your name lights up between the shifts
I read it leaning by the sink
The lunchbox waits beside the keys
I type “I miss you,” stop, then blink

You ask if Sunday’s still a plan
I count the hours I can’t move
There’s always one more thing to do
And one more thing I’d rather do with you

[Pre-Chorus]
I know you’ve learned to wait for me
I hate that waiting has a cost
If I could hand you every hour
I’d still be short of what we’ve lost

[Chorus]
I wish you knew, I carry you
Through every mile and every task
I’m not choosing all this distance
I’m just caught beneath the asks
When I’m late, when plans fall through
Please don’t read it as goodbye
You are loved in all the minutes
I can’t give you by and by

[Verse 2]
Your jacket hangs behind my door
The sleeve still holds a trace of rain
I pass it on the way back out
And tell myself next week again

You send a picture from the park
The crooked bench, the paper kite
I save it where the small things stay
And look at it before goodnight

[Pre-Chorus]
I know you’ve learned to wait for me
I hate that waiting has a cost
If I could hand you every hour
I’d still be short of what we’ve lost

[Chorus]
I wish you knew, I carry you
Through every mile and every task
I’m not choosing all this distance
I’m just caught beneath the asks
When I’m late, when plans fall through
Please don’t read it as goodbye
You are loved in all the minutes
I can’t give you by and by

[Bridge]
I’m sorry for the dinners cold
For “soon” that turned to next weekend
For hearing your small voice go quiet
While I was fixing what came next
I can’t undo the hours gone
But I can tell you plain and true:
The life that keeps me running hard
Is still a life that runs to you

[Final Chorus]
I wish you knew, I carry you
Through every mile and every task
I’m not choosing all this distance
I’m just caught beneath the asks
When I’m late, when plans fall through
Please don’t read it as goodbye
You are loved in all the minutes
And I’ll keep reaching for more time

[Outro]
Your name lights up between the shifts
I’ll call when this last thing is through
And if you wonder where my heart is
It’s making its way back to you