Track 7 of the album The Lighthouse Years · 2017

I Held the Umbrella a Little Too Long

“I held it a little too long, as the title says, and so does the arrangement. A romance that lasted as long as a shower.”

cinematic pop · orchestral pop · romantic ballad · 3:43

Lyrics

You stepped beneath without a word
The rain was loud, the street was blurred
I turned the handle toward your side
And kept the wet from your shoulder wide

We reached the corner where you turn
The light was green, I did not learn
To say the thing I meant to say
I let the minutes slip away

I held the umbrella a little too long
Past your gate, past the song
Of the gutter and the falling rain
Hoping you would ask me in again
I held the umbrella a little too long
Because the dry was where you belong
And if the sky should ever clear
I'd still be standing near

You smiled and said it was kind of me
Your hand brushed mine, accidentally
Or maybe not, I cannot tell
The rain was kind, the night was well

Some people cross the world for love
I only crossed a street
But an umbrella opens like a heart
When two uneven footsteps meet

I held the umbrella a little too long
Past your gate, past the song
Of the gutter and the falling rain
Hoping you would ask me in again
I held the umbrella a little too long
Because the dry was where you belong
And if the sky should ever clear
I'd still be standing near

A little too long, a little too long
I'd still be standing near