Northbound Project

Americana · Roots · Stories from the roadOpen Road Records

Chapter five · Lyrics

Northbound. · Track 08

If Time Had Waited

A reflective song about memory, missed moments and the lives we might have lived.

If time had waited, maybe we’d have known.

Lyrics

Verse 1

Rain against the window Soft upon the glass Another quiet evening Watching strangers pass You looked up for just a moment Like you’d known me all along Nothing more than silence Still it somehow felt like home

Verse 2

We never crossed the distance We never crossed the line Only borrowed seconds Neither yours nor mine The world kept turning slowly As if nothing had begun Yet somewhere in the silence Two hearts moved as one

Chorus

If time had waited Maybe we’d have known What lives between the words That never found a home No promises were spoken No footsteps in the sand Only something neither of us Needed to understand

Verse 3

Some loves leave no photographs No letters to unfold Only quiet echoes Too careful to be told Sometimes when it rains Your eyes return somehow Not asking for tomorrow Only living in the now

Bridge

Some stories never happen Still they never end Some roads stay untraveled Still they always bend

Final Chorus

If time had waited Perhaps we’d never part Some lights keep on shining Long after dark No one else could see it No one ever knew Only rain remembering The day I looked at you

Artist
Northbound Project
Written by
Martijn Kerssing
Produced by
Northbound Project, Open Road Records
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