Your fingers started to slip from mine I tightened my grip without thinking The moment was already ending not yet not yet I felt the warmth leaving too fast My chest locked around the disappearing touch I wanted just a few more seconds But the space between us kept growing I wanted to hold your hand a little longer I wanted to hold your hand a little longer The contact was already fading I wasn’t ready for the empty air I wanted to hold your hand a little longer And then it was gone just a bit more My hand stayed open after yours left I kept feeling the shape of your fingers Long after they disappeared come back come back The skin still remembered the pressure I closed my own hand around nothing And hated how natural it felt I wanted to hold your hand a little longer I wanted to hold your hand a little longer The contact was already fading I wasn’t ready for the empty air I wanted to hold your hand a little longer And then it was gone Later I looked at my empty palm Traced the lines where yours used to rest The absence sat heavier than the touch ever did a little longer just a little longer I replayed the exact second it ended Tried to stretch it in my head But the real version stayed short And I stayed stuck in the gap I wanted to hold your hand a little longer I wanted to hold your hand a little longer The contact was already fading I wasn’t ready for the empty air I wanted to hold your hand a little longer And then it was gone I wanted to hold your hand a little longer I wanted to hold your hand a little longer The contact was already fading I wasn’t ready for the empty air I wanted to hold your hand a little longer And then it was gone I wanted to hold your hand a little longer and then it was gone