Lyrics
[INTRO]
The city wore its diamonds in the rain
I walked through strangers, carrying my name
Then you appeared beneath a streetlight glow
And time forgot the places it should go
[VERSE 1]
You had a way of turning noise to gold
A quiet kind of magic, uncontrolled
The traffic blurred, the midnight lost its pace
And every crowded street became your space
You smiled as if the world had done you right
As if the stars had learned to spell your light
I tried to find a clever thing to say
But all my practiced words just slipped away
[PRE-CHORUS]
I didn't hear the heavens call
No grand design, no sign at all
Just one small moment, passing through
And suddenly, the world was new
[CHORUS]
Before the world knew, before the bells rang
Before we had a story, before we had a name
You were just a stranger with the whole night in your eyes
And I was just a heartbeat learning how to come alive
Before the world knew, before the first goodbye
Before we built forever underneath an open sky
If I could keep one moment from the years we're walking through
I'd go back to that streetlight
When the world was just me and you
[VERSE 2]
We spoke about the little things that night
The songs we loved, the dreams we held too tight
You laughed and pushed a loose strand from your face
I wished the moon would leave us more of space
You told me how you hated being late
I told you how I never trusted fate
We didn't know what time would ask us for
We only knew we wanted something more
[PRE-CHORUS]
No promises beneath the stars
No vows to heal each other's scars
Just two hearts with nothing left to prove
And all the room a life could give to move
[CHORUS]
Before the world knew, before the bells rang
Before we had a story, before we had a name
You were just a stranger with the whole night in your eyes
And I was just a heartbeat learning how to come alive
Before the world knew, before the first goodbye
Before we built forever underneath an open sky
If I could keep one moment from the years we're walking through
I'd go back to that streetlight
When the world was just me and you
[BRIDGE]
We didn't know the roads we'd have to take
The quiet fears, the choices we would make
We couldn't see beyond that evening's blue
But I remember who I was with you
No photograph could hold that kind of light
No words could keep that hour frozen right
Some beginnings never tell you what they'll do
They simply change the world
Before the world knows you
[FINAL CHORUS]
Before the world knew, before the bells rang
Before the joy, the hurt, the songs we'd someday sing
You were just a stranger, but somehow I could see
A thousand roads unfolding where your hand reached out to me
Before the world knew, before the years went by
Before the last confession, before we asked each other why
If every road ahead should lead me somewhere far from you
I'll still have that streetlight
And the night the story grew
[OUTRO]
The city wears its diamonds in the rain
I walk that street inside my heart again
You were a stranger; neither of us knew
The world was changing
Before the world knew