she was working late at the corner store
people drifting in and out
everybody staring at their phones
never looking up
no one asked her how she's doing
no one held her eyes a while
just caught machines and passing strangers
and another practice smile
he stopped before you walked away
said you know I appreciate you
then you smiled and disappeared
never knowing what you changed
she went home a little softer
met her husband at the door
and instead of tears and tension
they just held each other more
the little boy watched from the hallway
saw a tenderness he'd missed
so the next day at his locker
he carried that same light with him
saw a kid standing by himself
like the world had let him go
said hey man I'm glad you're here
and something in him finally let go
didn't know he'd been hanging by a thread
didn't know your words survived
boy still breathing somewhere tonight
cause one small light reached him in time
funny how a moment keeps moving
long after it leaves your hands
one word one touch one little spark
lighting up somebody's midnight dark
you don't know how far it goes
how far it goes
nothing dies when love moves through the world
one heart can turn another toward the light
mercy travels farther in the night
you don't know how far it goes
how far it goes
somewhere on a Sunday morning Hope
walked in through chapel doors a
preacher set aside his sermon
spoke from somewhere deep and warn
and a woman called her brother after 15 years apart
said I don't wanna lose another minute
to the anger in my heart
and his daughter watched forgiveness
break a cycle in their home
now she's learning strong men say I'm sorry
and still stand tall when it's done
funny thing about kindness
it echoes when you think it's gone
every word becomes somebody's weather
every choice keeps traveling on
one word one touch one little spark
lighting up somebody's midnight dark
you don't know how far it goes
how far it goes
nothing dies when love moves through the world
one heart can turn another toward the light
mercy travels farther in the night
you don't know how far it goes
how far it goes
what if heaven moves in small things quiet moments
no one sees a tired stranger choosing kindness
the pain finally stopping with me
maybe every soul's connected
more than we could understand
maybe what we give each other
never really leaves our hands
nothing disappears in this world it just changes hands
some people leave a room cold
some people leave the lights on
we're all walking each other home
even when we think we're lost
love keeps moving through the shadows
changing lives we'll never know
nothing dies when light is given
you don't know how far it goes
one word one touch one little spark
changing who somebody thinks they are
you don't know how far it goes
how far it goes
nothing dies when love moves through the world
one life can lift another from the dark
every heart's an open wire
you don't know how far it goes
how far it goes
Tuesday at the corner store
you thought it disappeared in time
but somewhere out there a life keeps changing
from the moment you thought disappeared in time
how far it goes