Soft Deadline

Verse 1  
We had until the autumn chill  
You said it fast and kept it still  
Your voice too calm to sound untrue  
Your hand too slow to pull me through  

Chorus  
Soft deadline no marked goodbye  
Just shifting light behind the sky  
You gave me time but not enough  
To say i’m more than just the rough  

Verse 2  
The last weeks passed in cups and sleep  
You laughed then cried but not too deep  
I wrote a note you didn’t find  
And missed the line you left behind  

Chorus  
Soft deadline no marked goodbye  
Just shifting light behind the sky  
You gave me time but not enough  
To say i’m more than just the rough  

Bridge  
Some clocks don’t tick they dim and stall  
And let you leave without a fall  

Outro  
Your shadow stayed and that was worse  
Than if you’d left without a verse