Before the Count Runs Out

[Intro]

Mm

Mm-hmm

[Verse 1]

Same alarm

Same nine o'clock

Coffee in the same chipped cup

I answer mail like nothing changed

Same routines I keep alive

A little louder every day

Pretending I'm still fine

[Pre-Chorus]

But somewhere underneath

I'm counting every breath

Each appointment marked in pen

A number I can't unsay

[Chorus]

I count the mornings left in me

I count the miles of ordinary

I count the words I never said

Before the count runs out

Before the count runs out

[Verse 2]

Every stranger on the bus

Suddenly a whole life

Every checkout girl's tired eyes

A portrait I can't turn away

The man who reads the same old paper

He won't know I noticed him today

[Pre-Chorus]

I want to pull them closer

But I'm building up the walls

Easier to disappear

Than answer anyone at all

[Chorus]

I count the mornings left in me

I count the miles of ordinary

I count the words I never said

Before the count runs out

Before the count runs out

[Bridge]

All this silence I've been keeping

Was never keeping anyone

It's only stealing time from us

The days I'm too afraid to share

I want to call his number now

I want to say the hardest thing

Before the quiet takes the room

Before the quiet takes the room

[Chorus]

I'm not running from the count

I'm living in the middle of it

Every ordinary morning now

A gift I finally see

And if the time runs out today

At least I'm here to say

I'm here

I'm here

[Outro]

Mm

I'm here

I'm here