Not Long Enough For Me

Lyrics

You said you just need time Packed your books in that blue tote bag Left your sweater on my chair Said “I’ll call you in a week Maybe”

I watched you lock the door Every footstep down the hall felt slow Coffee going cold in my hand Trying not to beg you to stay

I’m counting every hour since you left Talking to the ceiling in our bed I’m halfway through a message I won’t send I miss you like you wouldn’t believe But you said “Not long enough For me Not long enough For me”

Your toothbrush still by the sink I move it Then I move it back Every song in this old car Hits a little harder Makes me crack

Friends say “Give it space” But this apartment hums with your name I scroll through photos Stop and stare You’re laughing in the sunlight Out of frame

I’m counting every hour since you left Talking to the ceiling in our bed I’m halfway through a message I won’t send I miss you like you wouldn’t believe But you said “Not long enough For me Not long enough For me”

Then one day I slept right in Didn’t wake up reaching for your side Met a stranger at a friend’s place She talked too fast But her eyes were kind

We got lost walking home Shared a jacket when the rain came down (oh) Laughed about our broken hearts Felt the weight start lifting off the ground

Phone lights up It’s you “Think I’m ready Can we hit rewind?” You said “I finally figured us out I’m done running from what we had inside”

But I’ve been breathing easy Finally Found a little peace where you left me There’s a hand in mine that feels like home this week You had all the time you’d ever need Now I say “Not long enough For me Not long enough For me” (no, no)

Funny how the pieces fall How the hardest calls Turn into the right directions

All that hurt All that wait Was a doorway Not a cage Sometimes losing’s just protection

We were chapters Not the book Just a place I had to look To learn what I was meant to be

I’m not counting every hour anymore Got my feet back on the floor What I begged you for is something I don’t need You had all the time you’d ever need Now I say “Not long enough For me Not long enough For me” I’m right where I’m supposed to be Not long enough For me