(Strophe)
I showed up quiet, right on time.
Black coat, bad habits, borrowed eyes.
She thought I was just another man.
Didn't see the end in my Hands.
I stopped counting names that night.
Let the hours bleed into light.
For once I stayed, I didn't go.
Forgot the rules I used to know.
(Refrain)
I tried to stay.
I'm made to leave.
I broke my pace.
I learned to breathe.
I crossed the line.
I played it slow.
I loved her once.
I let her go.
(Strophe)
We lived between the cracks of time.
Stolen days, cheap wine.
She laughed like nothing ever Ends.
Like clocks are just a lie we tell.
I watched the shadows stretch too far.
Felt the ticking in my scars.
Every mirror knew the truth.
Every night was almost through.
(Refrain)
I tried to stay.
I'm made to leave.
I broke my pace.
I learned to breathe.
I crossed the line.
I played it slow.
I loved her once.
I let her go.
(Strophe)
Her hands were shaking, not afraid.
She said, "You look so tired lately".
I wanted out, I wanted less.
But time won't bend for tenderness.
When her last minute called my Name.
I answered like I always came.
No mercy written in my role.
I took her slow, I took her whole.
(Refrain)
I tried to stay.
I'm made to leave.
I broke my pace.
I learned to breathe.
I crossed the line.
I played it slow.
I loved her once.
I let her go.