Echoes Across the Bend

[Intro] Soft as a memory, a whisper in the hall I hear your laughter echoed off the walls of fall [Verse 1] What if your hands had found mine, what if the night stood still We carried loaded mornings, unfinished promises to drill Across years like a shoreline, where tides refused to stay I kept a lantern burning for a possible yesterday [Chorus] If love was a road, we paused at the bend The sign said maybe, but we chose to pretend Your warmth lingers gently, through winters and rain A quiet hum of forever that won’t cross the same train [Verse 2] I walk past the places where our stories could have bloomed But fate kept its own tempo, and seasons faded too soon I learned to breathe with the memories, a soft and steady flame Accepting the brighter endings we could never name [Chorus] If love was a road, we paused at the bend The sign said maybe, but we chose to pretend Your warmth lingers gently, through winters and rain A quiet hum of forever that won’t cross the same train [Bridge] Across the years, your voice stays tethered to mine Not a call to return, just a glow that time defines [Chorus] If love was a road, we paused at the bend The sign said maybe, but we chose to pretend Your warmth lingers gently, through winters and rain A quiet hum of forever that won’t cross the same train [Outro] So I carry the glow, not to hold but to recall A soft, sweet ache of what might have been at all