00:035.48 p.m. Water moving slow
00:10Leaves turning, go one empty seat beside me
00:16There's a bench by the river where we used to sit
00:20You bring two coffees, I complain about the wind
00:25You say always cold, I say you're always late
00:28Then we wash the water and forget about the day I passed
00:31Day yesterday, didn't stop
00:34Meet me at the bench by the river where the water carries every single way
00:44Meet me at the bench by the river where we used to talk until the sky turned green
00:52There's a place I still remember
00:57There's a voice I still hear
01:02Meet me at the bench by the river
01:06Even though you're not here
01:11The paint is peeling, one board is cracked
01:13Somebody got the initials on the wooden back
01:15I remember your jacket hanging off the side
01:17Used to stay a little longer, I say I have to drive
01:20We always thought there'd be another evening
01:23Another cup, another chance
01:28You told me once you wanted to leave
01:31Move somewhere warm when nobody knew me
01:33I said I follow you, said don't promise that
01:36I said why not, you said life doesn't work like that
01:38I said I hated that answer
01:41Because you were right
01:43Meet me at the bench by the river where the water carries everything away
01:52Meet me at the bench by the river where we used to talk until the sky turned grey
02:00There's a place I still remember
02:05There's a voice I still hear
02:10Meet me at the bench by the river
02:14Even though you're not here
02:19Years move forward like they always do
02:21New apartment, new job, new people, new view
02:24I learned how to smile when somebody asked how were you
02:26I learned how to say I'm fine without thinking about you
02:29But every autumn when the leaves turned cold
02:32I remember
02:33I came back one when the snow alone
02:36The river through the bench was covered
02:37So I brushed it clear, sat down alone
02:39With two coffees out, I had the one for me
02:41Come beside me, the cup steamed and went cold
02:44I left it there
02:47A stranger walked past
02:48Looked at the second cup then looked at me, didn't ask
02:51Just kept walking
02:52Maybe he understood, maybe he didn't
02:54Either way I was grateful
02:56Some grief is private
02:57Even when you're sitting in public
03:00River runs, time goes, leaves fall, wind blows
03:05People leave, people stay
03:07Some memories never fade
03:09Meet me at the bench by the river
03:12Where the water carries everything away
03:18Meet me at the bench by the river
03:21Where we used to talk until the sky turned gray
03:26There's a place I still remember
03:31There's a voice I still hear
03:36Meet me at the bench by the river
03:40Even though you're not here
03:44Then one spring morning, I brought my daughter
03:46She was six years old, running ahead
03:48I pointed at the bench, said I used to sit there
03:50She asked with who, I said someone I love
03:52She asked where they
03:53Looked at the river, far away
03:56She nodded
03:57Like that, explained everything
03:59She climbed onto the bench, said it's so old
04:01I said yeah, she said it needs a pain
04:03I laughed, probably
04:04She looked at me, we can fix it
04:06That's when I realized I spent years
04:08Thinking about what was broken
04:10Forgotten what could still be repaired
04:12The next Saturday we brought brushes
04:14My daughter wore wool clothes
04:16Pain on her hands, pain on her face
04:17Pain everywhere
04:18She said this is the wrong color
04:20I said you picked it
04:22She said I changed my mind
04:24I laughed, some things never change
04:27Pain at the bench, deep blue
04:29Just like the sky
04:30The river reflected there for a moment
04:33The whole world looked new
04:34A man walking by stopped and said
04:36It's good, my daughter said
04:38We did it, he smiled
04:40You should not, yeah
04:41You sure did
04:42Meet me at the bench by the river
04:44Where the water carries everything away
04:50Meet me at the bench by the river
04:53Where we used to talk until the sky turned gray
04:58There's a place I still remember
05:03There's a voice I still hear
05:08Meet me at the bench by the river
05:12Even though you're not here
05:14That evening
05:16My daughter asked
05:17Who was the person?
05:19I said her name was Hannah
05:20She said
05:21Was she your girlfriend?
05:22I laughed
05:23Something like that
05:24She asked
05:25Did she make you happy?
05:26I said yes
05:27And why did she leave?
05:29I looked at the water
05:30Sometimes people leave
05:31Even when they don't want to
05:32She thought about it
05:34Then held my hand
05:35She said
05:36Maybe she can see the bench
05:37I smiled
05:38Maybe
05:39Would you like the blue?
05:40I said
05:41She would've loved it
05:42My daughter nodded good
05:44Then she ran to the water
05:46And I sat there
05:48Listening
05:49To the river
05:51Maybe healing isn't forgetting
05:53Maybe it's returning
05:55To the same old place
05:57And finding you can stay
06:00Maybe the chair doesn't need another person
06:02Maybe the memory can sit beside you
06:05Without breaking your heart
06:07Maybe love doesn't disappear
06:09It just learns how to be quiet
06:13Years later
06:14My daughter came back
06:16Older now
06:17Driving her own car
06:21She found me on the bench
06:22And said
06:23You still come here
06:25You still come here
06:25You still come here
06:25You still come here
06:25You still come here
06:26You still come here
06:26You still come here
06:26You still come here
