[Verse 1]
I still see her
Blue backpack
Chipped teeth
Fence by the playground
Dust on our knees
We traded secrets
Under a burned-out tree
I left that summer
But she never left me
[Chorus]
So I say I’m fine
I’m “just this way”
(yeah, that’s what I say)
Blame the wiring in my brain
When I push you all away
‘Cause I’m still stuck in that small school yard
With a girl I had to leave
No one gets close
No one gets far
South of my first crush
Is where my heart just
Doesn’t beat for anybody else
[Verse 2]
You ask me gently
“Have you ever felt it?”
I laugh too quickly
Change the subject
Call it a label
Like it’s just a phase
Truth is
I’m faithless
To anyone new I face
[Chorus]
So I say I’m fine
I’m “just this way”
(yeah, that’s what I say)
Blame the wiring in my brain
When I push you all away
‘Cause I’m still stuck in that small school yard
With a girl I had to leave
No one gets close
No one gets far
South of my first crush
Is where my heart just
Doesn’t beat for anybody else
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m wired cold
Maybe I’m just too loyal
To a ghost on a gravel road
Sunburnt
Stubborn
Spoiled
I don’t want your roses
I don’t want your bed
I just want the version of me
Who believed her when she said
[Chorus]
We’ll be best friends
We’ll never change
(but we always change)
Time pulled me out of frame
She’s frozen in my brain
So I’m still stuck in that small school yard
With a girl I had to leave
No one gets close
No one gets far
South of my first crush
Is where my heart just
Doesn’t beat for anybody else