[Verse 1]
I kept a secret smaller than a seed
Tucked beneath the ordinary days
A little change no one could see
A quiet hope I carried anyway
[Pre-Chorus]
No name had found its way to paper
No room had waited, no one knew
But I had started making space here
For a life I never got to meet
[Chorus]
I said goodbye before hello
With only my hands to hold the sorrow
The world kept turning, unaware
While I was learning you were there
Then gone before the morning showed
I lost a love nobody knows
[Verse 2]
I walked past windows full of blankets
Past tiny shoes beside a door
And every harmless little question
Felt like a tide against the shore
[Pre-Chorus]
There was no gathering, no flowers
No photograph to keep in frame
Just one small date inside my calendar
And an empty space beside your name
[Chorus]
I said goodbye before hello
With only my hands to hold the sorrow
The world kept turning, unaware
While I was learning you were there
Then gone before the morning showed
I lost a love nobody knows
[Bridge]
I won't measure you by how long you stayed
Or let silence say you weren't real
For one brief while, you changed my body
And gave my heart something to feel
If love can live without a lifetime
Then yours is living here with me
A tiny door that opened inward
A little life I'll always grieve
[Final Chorus]
I said goodbye before hello
Still, you were mine for what I know
No one saw the future start
No one heard you break my heart
The world kept turning, soft and slow
But I will remember what nobody knows
Yes, I will remember what nobody knows
[Outro]
Rest where my hope once grew
I never got to hold you
But I will carry you