[Verse 1]

Day after roses

Airport coffee

Wired and awake

Thirty years folded

In a suitcase I barely could take

Neon out the window

But I only saw your younger face

Every street sign

Pointed me back to that place

[Chorus]

I missed you in Hong Kong

By a breath

By a moment

You were a shadow on the glass

As I was already gone

Three decades in my chest

Waiting just to fall apart

I missed you in Hong Kong

But I still saw you

With my heart

[Verse 2]

Hotel by the harbor

Left a note in a language I can’t speak

Walked through crowded markets

Practiced every word I’d never get to speak

You were somewhere near me

Same sky

Same crowded train

We were two small islands

Drifting past

Again

[Chorus]

I missed you in Hong Kong

By a breath

By a moment

You were a shadow on the glass

As I was already gone

Three decades in my chest

Waiting just to fall apart

I missed you in Hong Kong

But I still saw you

With my heart

[Bridge]

You stood at departures

I was past the gate

You caught a glimpse of my tired face

Too late

Too late

If time bends for anyone

It never bent for us

Guess some doors stay half-open

As the planes lift up

[Chorus]

I missed you in Hong Kong

By a breath

By a moment

You were a shadow on the glass

As I was already gone

Thirty years between us

One more almost at the start

I missed you in Hong Kong

But I still carry you

In my heart