More Time

Verse

We met as kids in that 8th-grade hall,

Didn’t know you’d be the memory I’d keep through it all.

Didn’t know your smile would stay in my head,

Or that losing you someday was the thing I’d dread.

Freshman year, I saw you standing there,

You looked so happy, so unaware

That I always wished to be closer to you,

Even when all I could be was a friend who knew.

Pre-chorus

You grew brighter every single year,

And I kept falling, though you didn’t hear

The way my heart would break a little inside

Every moment I couldn’t tell you what I tried to hide.

Chorus

’Cause life kept bringing me close to you,

But never close enough to say the truth.

From laughing at lunch to senior sunsets,

To pictures I replay so I won’t forget.

And even though life pushed us separate ways,

Part of me wished you’d ask me to stay.

If love is timing… then maybe mine

Was always just hoping for more time.

Verse

Sophomore year felt warm and right,

But I still stayed quiet every night.

Junior lunches—our friends all around—

But you were the only voice I heard in the sound.

Senior year came like a countdown clock,

Every moment with you felt too short to stop.

Then sunset came, and I stood by your side,

Hiding the feelings I still couldn’t confide.

Graduation stole you the minute it came,

You chased ISU dreams, I stayed home again.

And I smiled for you ‘cause I meant it too—

Even if distance meant losing a piece of you.

Bridge

Then homecoming lights brought you back in sight,

And for a moment, everything felt right.

You said you wanted to see me more—

And I wished I could tell you what my heart was for.

At Gerrie’s diner we crossed paths again,

A moment I wished would never end.

You said we should work in the same place too…

And for a second, I almost told you the truth.

Chorus

But life keeps giving me just enough of you

To make me hope for something I’m scared to lose.

And even now, when fate pulls us close,

I’m the one feeling it the most.

If love is timing… then maybe mine

Was always late, always behind.

But still I hope that someday you’ll find

A world where we finally…

Get more time.