A Minute too late

(Verse 1)

I saw your name light up my phone

But I let it fade, I was sure I had time

I told myself you’d still be there

Like you always were, like you always tried

The coffee’s cold, the room’s too still

Your jacket’s gone from the chair

Funny how fast forever breaks

When you assume it’s always there

(Pre-Chorus)

I rehearsed what I’d say

Every word, every line

But courage came running

Just behind the time

(Chorus)

I was a minute too late

One breath from saying your name

You’d already walked out the door

While I was learning what to say

I was a minute too late

One heart behind the truth

You needed me yesterday

I needed you

But I was a minute too late

(Verse 2)

I hear your laugh in crowded places

Like the city’s playing tricks

Every memory hits in waves

Of almosts, if-onlys, and what-ifs

They say love waits if it’s meant to stay

But nobody talks about fear

How it keeps your mouth shut

Till the thing you love disappears

(Pre-Chorus)

I thought silence was safe

Thought distance was kind

But love doesn’t pause

Just because you’re afraid to try

(Chorus)

I was a minute too late

One word short of brave

You were begging with your eyes

I was staring at my doubt instead

I was a minute too late

One step behind the truth

You needed me yesterday

I needed you

But I was a minute too late

(Bridge)

If I’d known that goodbye

Was hiding in hello

I’d have held on tighter

I’d have never let go

Now I’m saying it out loud

To an empty room

The love I couldn’t give you then

Is all I know how to do

*Break)

I’m sorry

I really am

(Final Chorus)

I was a minute too late

The clock don’t care who breaks

You were already moving on

While I was choosing my mistakes

I was a minute too late

Now it’s all I can be

Loving you in the past tense

Instead of next to me

(Outro)

If timing’s all that love can lose

Then I lost you fair and straight

I had a lifetime in my hands

And I waited

A minute too late