Lyric

I wake up early, make my bed

Say I’m fine inside my head

The world feels new, the light looks kind

But every clock still reads your time

I start again, or so it seems

But start from where you used to be

After you, always

That’s how time obeys

After you, always I stay

Measuring life in yesterday

I smile first, then hesitate

Every choice arrives too late

I move on, I do my part

But every “now” begins with start

After you, always true

I live my days in after you

New streets, new songs, familiar air

I learn new names, new ways to care

But every joy I almost claim

Checks back once to say your name

I try to lead, I try to choose

But every road compares to you

After you, always

Even when it’s over

After you, always near

Every future bends right here

I count my wins, I count my scars

By who we were, not who we are

If time’s a line, I walk behind

Tracing steps you left in mine

After you, always slow

That’s the pace my heart still knows

I hear myself say “I’m okay”

And almost mean it every day

But when the night turns down the sound

I feel where you’re no longer found

I face ahead, but in the dark

I still consult my former heart

After you, always

Quietly it stays

After you, always here

Like a ghost of something clear

You don’t hold me, don’t reply

Still you set the reasons why

I’m not stuck, I’m just delayed

By all the love we never saved

After you, always be

The measure of what’s left in me

Maybe one day time will shift

And stop asking what you’d pick

Maybe now will stand alone

Without your shadow overgrown

I won’t erase, I won’t undo

I’ll just stop living after you

After you, always

Learning how to change

After you, always ends

Not with hate, but letting bend

If I move on, it’s soft and slow

Not forgetting what I know

You were love, not just a phase

But love can live in other ways

After you, always fades

Into a different kind of days