“The day I saw you again.”

Verse 1

I was standing in a checkout line
On a quiet afternoon
Just another day like any other
Underneath a fading June

Then I heard a voice behind me
Soft but somehow still the same
And every mile of those seven years
Collapsed inside my name

Pre-Chorus

I turned around like time was bending
Like the past had slipped the door

Chorus

And there you were
Just like a memory standing in the light
A thousand words between our eyes
But neither one came out right

All the years and all the distance
All the lives we both went through
Disappeared in half a second
When I looked at you

Verse 2

You smiled like an old photograph
From a life we used to know
Not the girl I once held onto
But someone time helped grow

There was kindness in the silence
And forgiveness in your eyes
Like the ghosts we used to carry
Finally said goodbye

Chorus

And there you were
Not the dream I used to chase
Just a beautiful reminder
Of a time and place

All the love we couldn’t hold onto
All the things we couldn’t do
Somehow felt a little lighter
Standing there with you

Bridge ->[very quiet]

We talked about the weather
And the places life had been
Like two strangers being careful
With the history between

And when you turned to leave me
There was something almost true

You said:
“I’m glad the world once gave me you.”

Final Chorus ->[soft closure]

And there you went
Back into the life you made your own
And I stood there in the silence
But somehow less alone

Because some loves never vanish
Even when they’re finally through
They just change into a story
That the years can’t quite undo

[Outro]

“Somewhere in another lifetime… we didn’t let go.”

Slow ~70 BPM acoustic folk/Americana with fingerpicked guitar, piano, light pedal steel, and warm male vocals.