Songtext von Maybe Next Year

When I was young, they held my little hands Walked me to school through morning's golden lands Grandpa would smile, and Grandma waved goodbye Promise in their eyes beneath the autumn sky Back then the world was slow enough to stay And love was found in ordinary days I thought forever waited down the line That there'd be endless roads and endless time At fifteen years, I chased the future's call Through crowded halls and writing on the walls Then college came with dreams too big to see And work arrived demanding all of me Next week I'll go: I'd whisper to the rain But next week turned to seasons once again The clock kept running faster every year And all my tomorrows disappeared The road gets longer when you're standing still You trade your heart to chase another hill And every promise left for someday soon Can vanish softly like a fading Moon Maybe next year I'll drive that old dirt lane Knock on the door and hear my name again Sit by the fire where all our stories grew And tell them all the things I meant to But time rolls on like rivers to the sea And waits for no one, not for you or me Don't leave your love for skies that may not clear 'Cause maybe next year never gets here Never gets here Then forty-five came knocking at my door And they were waiting there no more The house stood still, but silence filled the room Like winter settling far too soon Their pictures watched me from the dusty frame And every smile was calling out my name I spoke to shadows, wishing they could hear The words I should've said when they were here Now seventy years are resting on my face And all the miles can't take me back that place I crossed the world and wore ambition's crown But all I built came crashing down The medals rust, the papers fade away The trips become forgotten yesterdays And all that matters when the daylight ends Are the hearts we held, the love we send The hands that loved you won't forever stay No borrowed time can buy another day The truest Mark a soul will ever leave Is love that lingers when we have to leave Maybe next year I'll drive that old dirt lane Knock on the door and hear my name again Sit by the fire where all our stories grew And tell them all the things I meant to But time rolls on like rivers to the sea And waits for no one, not for you or me Don't leave your love for skies that may not clear 'Cause maybe next year never gets here So if there's someone waiting in your mind Don't trust tomorrow to be kind The words unsaid can turn to endless ache And some embraces come too late Maybe this moment is all that we own The only field we'll ever call our home So hold them close before the seasons veer And speak your love while they can hear Time leaves traces written in the soul Not in the dreams we never got to hold The only wealth that follows when we disappear Is the love we leave behind us here Don't wait for someday shining down the line The stars don't promise one more night of time The footprints fading tell us loud and clear That maybe next year never gets here Never gets here