Seven Hours

Verse 1

When we first laid eyes on each other

Something in me fell into place

Like a string pulled tight on a guitar

Finally finding its note in space

And the way your face lit up when you saw me

Steadied every shaking breath

Like before we even said a word

My heart had already said yes

Pre-Chorus

Lunch turned into a long drive

Sunlight dancing in your hair

Windows down, the world wide open

Like we didn’t have a care

Chorus

Lunch turned into a drive

Turned into a kiss in the evening glow

Turned into dinner with my parents

Like you’d always known

Seven hours felt like forever

Like time had slowed for us

We didn’t know how it would end

We were just falling because

It felt right

It felt safe

It felt like something I shouldn’t waste

Seven hours… seven hours…

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Verse 2

I told myself I wouldn’t love again

Built my walls up tall and strong

But every word you said that day

Made another brick fall down

You didn’t rush, you didn’t push

You just stood there being you

And somehow that was all it took

For my guarded heart to move

Pre-Chorus

If I’d known where we were heading

If I’d seen the goodbye

Would I have stopped it from starting

Or still let it fly?

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Chorus

Lunch turned into a drive

Turned into a kiss I still feel sometimes

Turned into building a life together

Before we ran out of time

Seven hours felt like a lifetime

Even if it couldn’t stay

Some loves don’t last forever

But they still change you anyway

Seven hours… seven hours…

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Bridge (soft, reflective, builds gently)

Sometimes I go back to that first look

The way your whole face shined

How one smile quieted the chaos

I’d been carrying inside

Before fear had a name

Before growing up meant growing apart

Before forever felt fragile

Before breaking my heart

And even knowing how it ended

I still wouldn’t choose

To erase those seven hours

Of falling into you

(whispered)

Seven hours…

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Final Chorus (emotional lift)

Lunch turned into a drive

Turned into a kiss that changed my life

Turned into loving you deeply

Even if it wasn’t for life

Seven hours shaped my whole heart

Taught me how to feel again

If loving you was only borrowed time

I’d still go back to then

’Cause it felt right

It felt safe

It felt like something heaven made

Seven hours was forever

Even if forever changed

Seven hours… seven hours…