I walked the streets we used to know
Counting steps, moving slow
Every sign said you’d be near
Every breath was holding you here
I thought tonight would close the space
I thought I’d finally see your face
I reached the place, I called your name
Only silence answered back
Hope can lie without a sound
It builds you up, then drops you down
I stood there ready, open wide
With nowhere left for love to hide
When I thought I’d see you, you were gone
Like a light that fades before the dawn
I came believing, heart in hand
But you were never where I stand
I don’t know when, I don’t know why
I just know I showed up… and you didn’t
Your shadow still knows how to stay
In empty rooms, in words I say
Every maybe kept me alive
Every promise I survived
I don’t blame you, I don’t shout
I just feel the hollow now
I was ready to begin
But the moment never did
If waiting is a kind of faith
Then I believed beyond my strength
If love is timing, cruel and true
Then time chose not to side with you
When I thought I’d see you, you were gone
I held on long after the song
I came prepared to let you in
But I was alone with all my skin
Maybe someday I’ll understand
Tonight, I just miss who I thought you’d be
I showed up
You didn’t
And the night…
Kept walking without us