[Verse 1]
Before I reach the sky above
I'll stretch my hands forever young
Catching the rain in the middle of a summer storm
[Verse 2]
There's a fire on 41
Sirens fading to a hum
The only escape takes me right back where I started from
[Chorus]
Oh, life won't be here long
But heaven knows I've had it all
'Cause I was yours for a while
I was yours for a while
[Verse 3]
If I could let my demons go
If time could mend a broken soul
Maybe one day, I could bring love to a world so cold
[Chorus]
Oh, lifе won't be here long
And hеaven knows what I'll become
But I was yours for a while
I was yours for a while
For A While was written by Julien Ehrlich & Malcolm Brown & Max Kakacek & Will Miller & Ziyad Asrar.
For A While was produced by Ziyad Asrar & Brad Cook & Jonathan Rado & Whitney.
Whitney released For A While on Tue Jan 31 2023.
The lyrics of “For A While” were inspired by a time Max and I drove past a burning car on the side of the highway in Northern Illinois. From what we could see everyone made it out safely, but in that moment we were both struck by the ubiquity of anonymous tragedy. Over the course of writing “For A W...