[Intro]
mm-mm
I told myself (keep your distance)
don't do this again
I had a plan
(yeah, I did)
mm-mm
I wasn't supposed to care
[Verse 1]
I promised myself
(not again)
not this time again
keep a little distance
don't let anybody in
don't make them a habit
don't let them become home
cause people leave eventually
(and they do)
I already know
but somehow
[Pre-Chorus]
you slipped into my days
without me noticing
somewhere between hello
and all those conversations
[Chorus]
I kept you at arm's length
(still did)
still found a way to miss you
kept one foot out the door
but still got attached to you
I did everything right
(or so I thought)
at least I tried to
so tell me why it hurts this much
when I never meant to
(never meant to)
[Post-Chorus]
oh-oh
I never meant to
yeah-yeah
but somehow I do
[Verse 2]
I wasn't all in
(not even close)
I wasn't falling fast
I kept pieces of myself
hidden in the past
never called it anything
never let it get too deep
but now the silence hits different
and it's messing with me
(and I hate that)
I thought if I stayed careful
I'd never end up here
counting hours in my head
waiting for something to appear
[Pre-Chorus]
I thought the walls would work
(guess not)
I thought I'd learned by now
[Chorus]
I kept you at arm's length
still found a way to miss you
built every wall I could
still got attached to you
I knew how this goes
I've seen it all before
so tell me why I'm staring at my phone
like I haven't learned before
(should've learned before)
[Bridge]
maybe distance never stopped it
maybe time was all it needed
maybe hearts don't really care
about the rules we make
maybe I was careful
(maybe too careful)
maybe that was never gonna save me
anyway
[Chorus]
I kept you at arm's length
(still did)
still found a way to miss you
never asked for this
never planned to
I thought staying careful
would keep me safe
(safe from this)
but somehow
you mattered anyway
(you mattered anyway)
oh-oh
that's the part I didn't see coming
yeah-yeah
that's the part that gets me
[Outro]
mm-mm
I never meant to
(no, I didn't)
mm-mm
you mattered anyway
(you mattered anyway)
mm-mm
I kept you at arm's length
and somehow
you got through