Borrowed Time

We were standing on a shoreline
Watching waves erase our names
Drawing futures in the sand
Like they’d always stay the same

You said nothing lasts forever
But forever felt so near
Like the tide would never turn
Like the sky would stay this clear

I held onto every second
Like it couldn’t slip away
But even golden hours fade
At the closing of the day

Maybe we were always
Living on borrowed time

We were borrowed time
Moments never meant to stay
Hearts in overdrive
Burning faster than the day
We were borrowed time
Beautiful and bright
I’d live it all again
Even knowing we’d ignite

There were cracks beneath the surface
Tiny fractures in the calm
But we danced around the warning
Like it couldn’t do us harm

I remember how you looked at me
Like nothing else was real
But love that moves too perfectly
Can’t always learn to heal

We tried to slow the countdown
Pretend we didn’t see
The seconds falling quietly
Between you and me

We never owned the sunrise
We just borrowed light

We were borrowed time
Moments never meant to stay
Hearts in overdrive
Burning faster than the day
We were borrowed time
Beautiful and bright
I’d live it all again
Even knowing we’d ignite

Maybe not all love is meant
To last beyond the flame
Maybe some are meant to mark us
Then quietly change

You weren’t a mistake
You were a lesson in disguise
You taught me how to open up
You taught me how to rise

We were borrowed time
But I don’t call it wasted
Every tear, every spark
Every memory we tasted
We were borrowed time
And that was enough
I’d rather have a moment real
Than a lifetime not in love

Some hearts are passing seasons
Some stories burn then end
But even borrowed time
Is time I’d choose again