The train lights crossed your face at night,

The platform blurred from view.

You smiled as if the world was kind,

And I believed it too.

Then all at once the doors slid closed,

The crowd became a sea,

But something opened in my chest

Where hope had ceased to be.

No sudden dawn, no sky aflame,

Just warmth that left me not the same.

One second wide, a lifetime deep,

You passed me by but stayed with me.

One little spark I couldn’t keep

Still lit the dark enough to see.

I was a heart behind a wall,

Afraid to want, afraid to fall.

Then one soft glance set something free ...

You passed me by, yet stayed with me.

Before that night, I wore my days

In ordinary grey.

I kept my softer dreams inside

And watched them slip away.

But in that look, I felt a truth

No words could ever say:

The dreams I thought I’d lost in youth

Were not so far away.

A stranger’s eyes became the key

To rooms I’d locked unwillingly.

One second wide, a lifetime deep,

You passed me by but stayed with me.

One little spark I couldn’t keep

Still lit the dark enough to see.

I was a heart behind a wall,

Afraid to want, afraid to fall.

Then one soft glance set something free ...

You passed me by, yet stayed with me.

Uuuhuuuhuuuhuu

Uuhuuhuuhuu

I never learned your name that night,

I never held your hand.

But you became the reason why

I finally understand:

A soul can wake, the numb can feel,

What froze within can bloom.

One fleeting glance can change the shape

Of every empty room.

So if the stars fade out tonight,

I’ll carry still that sudden light.

The fear I buried lost its sting,

And what was silenced learned to sing.

One second wide, a lifetime deep,

You passed me by but stayed with me.

One little spark I couldn’t keep

Still lit the dark enough to see.

I was a heart behind a wall,

Afraid to want, afraid to fall.

Now every road feels wild and free ...

You passed me by, yet stayed with me.