Tangled Touch

When I was twenty,

life looked simple

Just follow every road they drew

Get a good job,

find a little place And love would somehow find you too

So I worked while others fell in love Built a future brick

by brick Never stopped to ask myself

What if love don’t work like this {close male lead vocal over

warm keys} I kept my heart in order

Kept my hope in line But every door I opened Left a

little more behind {harmonies begin to rise} So tell me How many

almosts make a man

How many chapters never land How many times can hope survive Before

it starts to shake in your hands I’m not angry I’m just

tired Of waving at a life

That never stayed long enough to be mine {full hook with layered

male harmonies} Then came a girl who read about monks She smiled

like everything was light We played golf beneath the summer sun Talked

for hours until the night She looked at me and softly said

I’d like to keep you in my life But somewhere between friend

and love She couldn’t cross the other side {drums pull back for

storytelling}

Weeks later in the heat of June I asked how she had

been

Silence answered every word And I felt that same ache again {snare

fill into chorus}

So tell me How many almosts make a man How many chapters

never land How many times can hope survive Before it starts to

shake in your hands I’m not angry I’m just tired Of waving

at a life That never stayed long enough to be mine {chorus

returns with fuller drums} Then another heart walked through the door With

little hearts inside her texts She called me sweet,

she made me laugh

She promised we’d meet next But every plan became someday

Every Friday slipped away Until one message finally said You’re wonderful,

just not for me {bass and drums lock tighter} I wasn’t shocked

My heart already knew

Sometimes your soul arrives Before the truth catches up to you {brief

stop before chorus} So tell me

How many almosts make a man How many chapters never land How

many times can hope survive Before it starts to shake in your

hands I’m not broken Just bruised Trying to believe Love hasn’t already

chosen someone new {chorus variation with aching harmony} She said once

You’re exactly the kind of man I wish I could fall in

love with

Funny how one soft sentence Can hold two things at once

The warmest little memory And the deepest kind of hurt She cried

I cried Not because we hated each other

But because sometimes Two good people Still become The saddest goodbye {stripped

bridge into quiet falsetto} Now tomorrow waits in another city Another stranger

Another chance Maybe she’s only another chapter Maybe she’s the one who

reads my soul at a glance Maybe not But I’ll still show

up With my heart held open wide If love comes in,

I’ll let it in No matter how many times I’ve tried {hopeful

rebuild}

So if you’re listening somewhere tonight And wondering why I’m still alone

It isn’t that I stopped believing It’s that my heart kept opening

home Sometimes she stayed for coffee

Sometimes she stayed for weeks Sometimes she stayed long enough To show

me what forever almost means I’m not angry I’m just tired

Of waving at a life That never stayed long enough to be

mine {final chorus peak with full vocal stacks} One day Someone will

ask me Why I never gave up And I’ll smile Because nobody

saw How many nights

I almost did But every morning

I got up And believed again {piano and voice fade}