I was the one at the edge
Of your crowded little world
A name you almost knew
Then let slip through your fingers
Your window kept the rain
My coat kept all the cold
I stood there for a moment
Then I moved on unseen
And I still know your laugh
Like a song I never learned
It stays inside my chest
Then burns then fades then burns
I was only passing through
Only passing through
In your life in your light
I was never the view
I was only passing through
Only passing through
If your heart was a room
I was just the door
Your voice on an old recording
Still shakes when I hear my name
I reach for one more second
And find the same old frame
The cups in the sink are empty
The message stays on read
I walk past what we were
Like I walked past you instead
And I still know your laugh
Like a song I never learned
It stays inside my chest
Then burns then fades then burns
I was only passing through
Only passing through
In your life in your light
I was never the view
I was only passing through
Only passing through
If your heart was a room
I was just the door
When the bass comes up I sink
When the strings come in I break
I was close enough to feel it
Far enough to miss the ache
So let the night keep moving
Let the last note hang on blue
If I was never your forever
I was still once near to you
I was only passing through
Only passing through
In your life in your light
I was never the view
I was only passing through
Only passing through
If your heart was a room
I was just the door
I was only passing through
Only passing through
Still I carried your name
Like a bruise I could not lose
