Played in Spring

You walked in like a melody I forgot

Bright and loud in a world that I was not

I’d been drowning in the silence

You were chaos, you were kindness

Woke the keys beneath my hands I thought were lost

You weren’t careful with the rules or the lines

You were fire in a concert of designs

You made every note a story

Even pain could sound like glory

You showed me how the heart makes time unwind

You pulled the notes out of me

When I didn’t know I had a voice

Like color on an empty sheet

You didn’t ask, you gave me choice

And I played in spring for you

Every broken sound you knew

You smiled like the sun was something

You could carry in your tune

Even if you disappeared

You'd still echo in the blue

No, I never said I loved you…

But I played in spring for you

You lived loud like your soul could break the sky

And I was just a shadow passing by

You danced with every heartbeat

Made the silence taste like sweet tea

And I followed, never learning how to fly

You laughed like nothing hurt, though I could tell

Your eyes knew things you never tried to sell

Like a song too short but blazing

You were fading, I was chasing

Through a symphony we couldn’t stop or quell

You gave me back what I had lost

And you did it with no fear

Like you knew your time was short

But you wanted me to hear—

How I played in spring for you

Every trembling note rang true

You danced like the world was ending

And I was just trying to catch you

Even if you're gone for real

You're the pulse in what I do

No, I never said I loved you…

But I played in spring for you

There were letters in the silence

Things you said without a sound

And every phrase was violence

Softly breaking me down

I was late to understand it

Still too scared to call it love

But your music, like a bandage

Left me healing from above

Now the seasons pass in rhythm

But spring will always bring your name

Every blossom feels like memory

And I’ll never play the same

In each recital, in each hall

You’re the echo in the air

I don’t need to say I love you

You already know it’s there

So I’ll play in spring for you

Through the tears and skies so blue

Every crowd, every quiet moment

I’ll remember how you moved

Even now, you guide my fingers

Through the fear I once lived through

No, I never said I loved you…

But I’ll spend my life in proof—

’Cause I played in spring for you

You were my crescendo, my first real refrain

Now I carry your song in the joy and the pain

And if anyone asks who I’m playing it to—

I’ll smile, and I’ll whisper…

I played it for you