[Verse 1]
Your picture’s facedown in my drawer
But I still know each line by heart
Your name’s a secret on my tongue
Burning a hole in the dark
You’re wearing his ring in my memory
I’m wearing what-ifs in my chest
Every goodbye we never said
Keeps never letting me rest
[Chorus]
You’re the hands I can’t hold
The kiss I can’t taste
The road I can’t drive
But I still chase
We wrote our forever
In dust on your dashboard
Now I’m parked in the past
Wanting you more
You’re the love I can’t have
But I can’t let go
You’re the hands I can’t hold
[Verse 2]
We talk like nothing ever happened
Weather and work and “how’s your mom”
But every brush of almost laughter
Feels like we’re doing something wrong
I hear your smile through the receiver
I fake a smile back at the tone
You hang up and I hold the silence
Like I used to hold you close
[Chorus]
You’re the hands I can’t hold
The kiss I can’t taste
The road I can’t drive
But I still chase
We wrote our forever
In dust on your dashboard
Now I’m parked in the past
Wanting you more
You’re the love I can’t have
But I can’t let go
You’re the hands I can’t hold
[Bridge]
If wanting was a crime
I’d be serving life tonight (yeah)
Doing time in this small-town heart
For loving you in my mind
[Chorus]
You’re the hands I can’t hold
The kiss I can’t taste
The road I can’t drive
But I still chase
We wrote our forever
In dust on your dashboard
Now I’m parked in the past
Wanting you more
You’re the love I can’t have
But I can’t let go
You’re the hands I can’t hold