Lyrics
IntroShe said see you later.
Quiet.
Almost shy.
Then she turned and went.
I didn't call after her.
Verse 1My last evening there.
I sat alone at the table
and she came over.
Dark blue, tight at the waist.
Hair up.
Shoulders bare.
No work clothes.
A statement.
She wanted to be seen.
I saw her.
And stayed calm.
She started with the weather.
I gave her a short answer.
Then I let it fall.
Pre-ChorusNo smile.
No nod.
Just being there.
And looking at her.
ChorusFive seconds is a long time
when nobody looks away.
We didn't touch.
We didn't promise.
We didn't even talk.
And still
more happened in that silence
than in whole evenings before.
Verse 2She broke first.
But she didn't go.
She stayed near my table
like she was waiting
for a door
I didn't open.
I turned my head
and found her eyes again.
There was her grin.
Playful.
A little surrendered.
I waited two seconds
before I gave her my smile.
Then five more.
She broke first again.
Two minutes.
Not one clever sentence.
BridgeI could have asked.
I didn't.
Not fear.
A choice.
I don't wish
it went further.
And I still go back to it.
Both are true.
Nothing to keep.
And it kept.
Heavy BreakI wanted her number.
I wanted her to stay.
I wanted five seconds
to turn into more.
I wanted all of it.
I let it pass.
Final ChorusFive seconds is a long time
when nobody looks away.
We didn't touch.
We didn't promise.
We didn't even talk.
Whole nights since then
have faded.
These five seconds
haven't.
OutroShe said see you later.
Quiet.
Almost shy.
There was no later.
I didn't call after her.
I still have the five seconds.
