Short Way Home

The train slips past the morning shops

A paper cut between my hands

You waved beneath the crossing sign

Then vanished with the traffic band

I kept your name inside my phone

A little note from Thursday noon

Two stops, a laugh, a borrowed pen

A tiny summer afternoon

I didn′t know a moment could

Stay bright this long inside my mind

You were my short way home

My favorite almost known

A blue sky through the window glass

A memory moving fast

Now every passing train

Brings back that smile again

Some days are small but never gone

They keep their light when we move on

The city falls beneath the rails

New buildings rise where old ones stood

I see the rooftop where I looked for you

Though I knew I never could

The sun was warm against the wall

My sneakers dusty from the climb

I watched the afternoon turn golden

Wished I could rewind the time

I didn't know a moment could

Leave such a gentle mark behind

You were my short way home

My favorite almost known

A blue sky through the window glass

A memory moving fast

Now every passing train

Brings back that smile again

Some days are small but never gone

They keep their light when we move on

If we meet somewhere years from now

I′ll tell you what I couldn't then

You made an ordinary day

Feel like a place I′d visit again

You were my short way home

My favorite almost known

A blue sky through the window glass

A memory moving fast

Now every passing train feels like that day again

Some things are brief but still belong

They keep their light

When we move on

The train rolls on

The sky stays clear

A little summer still lives here