Still in my plans

STILL IN MY PLANS

[Verse 1]
Twelve-hour shift, the bus is quiet,
Your favourite kind of rain.
Something happened you’d find funny,
Nearly sent it out again.
One year married, a lifetime ready,
Now my keys unlock one room.
I can get through being busy;
It’s the coming home too soon.

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep saying, “When things get better,”
Like you’re waiting somewhere too.
Every time I picture later,
I’m still standing next to you.

[Chorus]
You’re still in all my plans,
Even when I leave your name out.
Still the one I turn to
When the whole world gets too loud.
I could get the life I wanted,
Find a place with a better view—
What am I supposed to do
With all this room I made for you?

[Verse 2]
Thought I’d get the money sorted,
Come back someone you could trust.
Pay off everything I owed,
Have enough left over for us.
I rehearsed that conversation,
Every word and every pause.
But the ending only worked
When I wrote your answers too.

[Pre-Chorus]
And I know that you’re not waiting,
But some evenings I forget.
I start finding words to tell you,
Like we haven’t finished yet.

[Chorus]
You’re still in all my plans,
Even when I leave your name out.
Still the one I turn to
When the whole world gets too loud.
I could get the life I wanted,
Find a place with a better view—
What am I supposed to do
With all this room I made for you?

[Bridge — quiet]
I don’t miss some perfect version,
I miss an ordinary night.
You asking what I’m watching,
Me forgetting half the lines.
Now I let the television
Finish talking to itself.
I’m so tired of getting better
Just to wish you could tell.

[Final Chorus — full band]
You’re still in all my plans,
Though I’m learning how to change them.
I can say your name out loud;
Some nights I almost make it.
There’s a life outside this feeling,
There are things I want to do.
I’ve got so much left to live for—
I just thought I’d live it with you.

[Outro — soft]
Something happened you’d find funny.
I nearly told you today.