Lyric

I saw you standing

Across the glass

In the same street

But another weather

The light around you

Did not know me

It held your shoulders

Like a new room

I could have lifted

One small hand

Could have made

The old shape happen

But something quiet

In the distance

Told me not

To cross that line

You did not vanish

You did not run

You only moved

Where I could not follow

And I was left

With open eyes

Learning the edge

Of what was over

I can see the light

But I will not cross

Some doors stay open

Only from far off

I can name the street

And not belong

I can hold my breath

And let you go on

If peace has found you

Past my reach

I will not turn

That peace toward me

Your morning carries

Another sound

A name I do not know

Inside the room

The window warms

A different table

A different coat

Against the chair

Nothing was stolen

Nothing was cruel

Life simply widened

Past my hands

I stood there watching

Like a shoreline

That remembers

Being crossed

I wanted distance

To mean a mile

Something a train

Could undo

But you were nearer

Than my sorrow

And still beyond

What I could touch

I can see the light

But I will not cross

Some doors stay open

Only from far off

I can name the street

And not belong

I can hold my breath

And let you go on

If peace has found you

Past my reach

I will not turn

That peace toward me

You did not leave

You crossed

There is a mercy

In saying it right

I was still calling

From the near side

To a life

That had changed its shore

I do not blame

The river now

For carrying

Your name away

Some loves remain

On opposite banks

And learn to wave

Without a claim

I can see the light

But I will not cross

Some doors stay open

Only from far off

I can name the street

And not belong

I can hold my breath

And let you go on

I was still reaching

Through the air

You were already

Over there

If peace has found you

Past my reach

I will not turn

That peace toward me