Chance Between Us

Jesse left the porch light on

Like I might turn around

I had your name inside my phone

But never made a sound

We were close enough to touch

Too afraid to call it love

One small turn, one open door

And we were strangers like before

Blame it on chance,

blame it on the night

Blame it on the red light

changing green to white

Jesse, I loved you,

I still do in a way

But chance took the last word and carried it away

Blame it on chance

Not the way we tried

(blame it on chance)

I saw your shadow in the rain

Outside the corner store

You looked like someone I could save I wasn't sure anymore

We were young enough to run

Old enough to know what we'd become

One missed train, one different street

And the future slipped beneath our feet

If I had stayed five minutes longer

If you had said my name

Would the ending feel less empty

Or just wear a different shape?

Blame it on chance,

blame it on the night

Blame it on the thousand little ways we said goodbye

Jesse, I loved you,

I still do in a way Some hearts don't break from losing

They break from what could've stayed Blame it on chance And let

the rest fade out