Thank you for waiting

We were kids in old blue jeans

Arguing over nothing

Calendar pages turned and turned

But you stayed in every Sunday morning

Nine years of almost calling

Typing out your name

Then hiding the screen

Every stranger had your outline

But they never fit the dream

I did not stop loving you

Every season

Every move

You were the ache in every room

The empty side I saved for you

My heart kept burning through the years

Through every doubt

Through every fear

I’m so in love

I made it through

Thank you for waiting too

You said

"I kept all our pictures"

Creased from all the times you ran them through your hands

I laughed

But my voice was shaking

Because all my roads still knew where you would land

All those birthday candles

Quiet wishes I would never say out loud

I was dancing with your shadow

While you were somewhere in the crowd (oh)

I did not stop loving you

Every season

Every move

You were the ache in every room

The empty side I saved for you

My heart kept burning through the years

Through every doubt

Through every fear

I’m so in love

I made it through

Thank you for waiting too

We lost time

But we found grace

Lines on our faces

But I know your face

Different roads

Same home gate

I was late

I was late

And you still stayed

I did not stop loving you

Every season

Every move

You were the ache in every room

The empty side I saved for you

My heart kept burning through the years

Through every doubt

Through every fear

I’m so in love

It all feels new

Thank you for waiting

Thank you for waiting too