Little by Little

Little by little, I came closer to you
Little by little, the sky changed blue
No thunder, no warning, no running through rain
Just your name getting soft in my brain

Don't rush the flower out the ground
Don't force the river to make a sound
You looked at me and the room got still
Not a movie kiss, just something real
First a greeting at the gate, then a name
Then a Sunday visit, then a frame

One call became two
One laugh became late
I don't know when I fell
I only know it was safe

Little by little, I came closer to you
Little by little, the sky changed blue
No thunder, no warning, no running through rain
Just your name getting soft in my brain

Kancane
Little by little
Little by little
Little by little

One small yes, then two, then three
That's how mountains move for me
Little by little
Little by little
Little by little — oh

No need to prove what your eyes already say
You show up calm in a noisy day
One brick Monday, two bricks more
By June a window, by December a door
If love is a footpath, let it take its time
I like every mile when your hand holds mine

And I drove you past that empty field on Sunday, past the school
You thought I took a wrong turn, I didn't
Forty-one bricks, one a week since the first Sunday visit
I wasn't going slow, I wasn't going slow
I was building

Little by little, I came closer to you
Little by little, the sky changed blue
No thunder, no warning, no running through rain
Come count the bricks and say my name

Little by little
Little by little