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…

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