Lyric

Just a one-stop ride on the way back home

I swallow the words I’ve left alone

Watching the lines around your eyes

My heart lets go, beneath the skies

The smallest things you do and say

They linger with me through the day

I thought I’d learned to stay so cold

But you’re the story I want to hold

A chain reaction of warmth and light

Slowly changing my soul tonight

In a place where words just fade away

I take the glow you gave to me

And mix it into a stranger’s day

Just a quiet ripple in the gray

In the morning queue at the corner store

Someone bumped into me, like once before

But I smiled and said, "It’s really fine"

Remembering you, the grace of your line

I’m clumsy still, and I lose my way

But I breathe in deep to face the day

Unfolding places I couldn't see

Releasing the heart inside of me

A chain reaction of warmth and light

Slowly changing my soul tonight

No need for promises, big and grand

Just like sharing a light from a hidden hand

A little bit here, a little there

Just a quiet ripple in the air

I don’t even have to speak your name

For I am never quite the same

Every time I try to be like you

I meet a version of me that’s new

A chain reaction of warmth and light

Silently painting the city bright

Even in passing, a glance, a sign

I take the glow you gave to me

And mix it into a stranger’s day

Just a quiet ripple in the gray