Eight Bars of Courage

Just enough to cross this floor

First time here without your jacket
Hanging underneath my coat
Same two speakers, same small staircase
Different way I hold my phone
I nearly turn before the chorus
The barman nods; I nod him back
The DJ lets the low end circle
I count my way into the track

Not the rest of my life
Just the next eight bars

Eight bars of courage
Get me through this room
I don't need to forget you
To move to something new

He plays the song we used to wait for
I feel the first note in my chest
I stay instead of asking him to change it
Let the room sing all the rest
A woman leaves a little space
I dance beside her, not for you
The same old floor beneath my shoes
Has room for something I can choose

Eight bars of courage
Get me through this room
I don't need to forget you
To move to something new

To move to something new

To move to something new

Forgot to search each face for yours
It wasn't gone, the way I miss you
But it wasn't all I felt anymore

Eight bars of courage
I crossed that little room
I don't need to forget you
To make a night that isn't you

Eight bars
And then a little more

Eight bars of courage
I stayed for one more song