Time Traveler

(Verse 1)

I keep replaying nights I can’t undo

That uptown train, just me and you

Your head on my shoulder, window views blur

I should’ve stayed longer… should’ve chose her

You laughed at nothing, I missed the sign

Thought I had time, thought you’d be mine

But I got careless, I played it wrong

Chased the wrong moment, now you’re gone

(Pre-Chorus)

If I could bend the hands of time

Reverse the fault lines in my mind

(Chorus)

I wish I was a time traveler

Back on that train, right next to ya

Walk you home, say “text me when you’re in”

Not chasing your friend, not losing again

I’d be the man that I wasn’t then

More than a moment, more than pretend

I’d fix every word, every lie I told

If I could go back, I’d never let go

(Verse 2)

Streetlights flicker on your block

That final hug at your door, 2 o’clock

I should’ve said it, I felt it deep

Instead I let silence put you to sleep

You deserved better than who I was

Too young to know what love really does

Now every subway just sounds the same

Empty seats whispering your name

(Pre-Chorus)

If I could rewrite every scene

Be who you needed me to be

(Chorus)

I wish I was a time traveler

Back on that train, right next to ya

Walk you home, say “text me when you’re in”

Not chasing your friend, not losing again

I’d be the man that I wasn’t then

More than a moment, more than pretend

I’d fix every word, every lie I told

If I could go back, I’d never let go

(Bridge)

I’d trade every second I wasted away

For one more chance to get it right, to stay

No parallel worlds, no “what could’ve been”

Just me at your door saying sorry again

(Outro)

But time don’t wait, and trains don’t rewind

Just echoes of you in the back of my mind

If I was a traveler, I know where I’d start—

Right there on that subway… before I broke your heart.