I don’t count the minutes,
I count what they become.
Silence got a way of
Talking over everyone.
I can build a thousand endings
From a pause that wasn’t meant.
Got a mind that paints disasters
Where nobody ever went.
I ain’t keeping score,
I’m just keeping watch.
Waiting on a heartbeat
That reminds me I’m not lost.
Everybody calls it “little”…
Maybe that’s what’s strange.
How little things can rearrange
Everything.
I don’t need forever…
Just a hand against the glass.
Say “Baby… I’m still here” and please don’t make me ask cause
I’m running out of air…
Trying not to let it show.
You say, “Baby, I’m right here…”
Why’s it feel so far to know?
One little “thinking ’bout you”
Turns the whole sky blue again.
You call it just a sentence…
I breathe again.
You say its just a text…
I call it finding home.
Proof I still exist to you
When I’m sitting here alone.
I know the world’s still turning.
I know you’ve got your load.
I’m not asking you to stop…
Just leave a light on while you go.
’Cause somewhere in the silence
Old ghosts know my name.
Every empty hallway
Echoes just the same.
I’m not chasing perfect.
I’m not keeping tabs.
I’m just trying not to lose
The version of us that I have.
See
I don’t need attention
I need evidence.
Need a little proof
That my name still makes the list.
Need a random thought,
Need a “baby, how you been?”
Need to know I’m crossing yours
Without reminding you again.
Not every hour.
Not every day.
Just enough to keep
My worst fears in their place.
One little message…
One little spark…
Funny how a couple words
Can chase away the dark.
Maybe you don’t see it…
Maybe you don’t know…
How something that feels so small to you
Keeps me from letting go.
I’m running out of air…
Trying not to let it show.
You say, “Baby, I’m right here…”
Why’s it feel so far to know?
One little “thinking ’bout you”
Turns the whole sky blue again.
You call it just a sentence…
I breathe again.
Maybe that’s the difference…
Maybe that’s the wound.
Maybe love sounds louder
When you’ve lived inside a room
Where silence wore the answers…
And guessing kept you safe.
Now every quiet moment
Tries to borrow yesterday.
So if I reach toward you…
Please don’t hear attack.
I’m just looking for the doorway…
That always brings me back.
If I wanted perfect—
I’d have left a long time ago.
If I wanted easy—
We would’ve never grown.
This ain’t about blame,
This ain’t keeping count.
I’m just telling you
What keeps the lights on now.
It’s the random good morning
The drive safe, the eat.
The little interruptions
That make my heart beat.
You think they’re just moments…
Baby, they’re repair.
You never knew your smallest love
Could meet me there.
I’m running out of air…
Say my name before I drown.
Pull me back into your orbit,
Be the gravity I found.
You don’t have to fix me…
Just remind me who I’ve been.
Funny how a couple words
Can calm the storm within.
One little thinking ’bout you
And the walls don’t close me in.
You call it just a sentence
But I I breathe again
