I start to write, then lose my nerve
I tell myself you don’t deserve
Another storm, another ache
You’d only give what I can’t take

At the Crown & Bell, my thoughts still beg
Beer mats under every leg
Your name still hums beneath the noise
In empty laughs and echoed voice

I thought that love would strike like flame
A spark, a rush, a breathless game
But what we had was quiet, kind
I realise now, love takes its time

I wish you’d come back to me
But I won’t be the reason you bleed
Heard you’re trying to move on, they say
So I’ll let my heart stay tucked away

I see your face in passing cars
In coffee cups and distant bars
Every thought returns to you
But what good could talking do?

Would it heal you, would it break you
If you came back and didn’t stay?
I turn that thought over and over
Till the hope just fades away

I wish you’d come back to me
But I won’t be the reason you bleed
If letting go is loving you
Then this is love in quiet truth

Love takes its time
Love takes its time