Lyrics

I saw you first in that old school hallway,
Books in your arms, sunlight in your hair.
I'd freeze up every time you passed me,
Too shy to speak, just stealing stares.
Years rolled on like a restless river,
Life moved fast, but you stayed clear--
A quiet echo in my memory,
A name my heart kept holding near.

I lived a life that looked so perfect,
Wedding rings and borrowed dreams.
But even then, in crowded moments,
You'd show up in the in-betweens.
When the papers signed and the house fell silent,
I felt the pull I always knew--
A voice inside said, go and find her,
Your heart's been waiting just for you.

(Chorus)
'Cause I never stopped loving you,
Not for a day, not for a year.
You were the song I kept inside me,
The one I always longed to hear.
And now you're sitting right beside me,
Smiling like you somehow knew--
That all this time, through every moment,
My heart was coming back to you.

We met again in a quiet café,
Hands both shaking, hearts both wild.
You laughed and said you used to watch me,
Back when I was just a nervous child.
You said you hoped I'd say hello then,
But you were scared I'd turn away--
Two shy hearts missing their moment,
Till life brought us here today.

(Bridge)
Funny how the years can circle,
Bring you right where you belong.
All the roads I took without you
Still led back to you all along.

(Chorus)
'Cause I never stopped loving you,
Not for a day, not for a year.
You were the song I kept inside me,
The one I always longed to hear.
And now you're sitting right beside me,
Smiling like you somehow knew--
That all this time, through every moment,
My heart was coming back to you.

Now we're walking out into the evening,
Two grown hearts but the same old spark.
You take my hand like it's familiar,
Like you've held it in your dreams after dark.
And I whisper that I always loved you,
You whisper you felt it too--
Two shy kids finally speaking
What their hearts already knew.