[Verse 1]
You lean on my blue front gate
Thumb tracing circles in the paint
I swear I know your laugh by heart
How you say my name in parts
Paper cup, cold lemonade
We stay out past the porch light fade
I keep your jokes in my head
Like coins I never spend
[Pre-Chorus]
I read your face like weather
Every shift, every spark
Thought we were getting closer
Thought I knew your heart
[Chorus]
I fell for the way you talk
I fell for the way you stay
I thought we were safe in the dark
Then I saw you look away
I fell for the way you talk
Now I can't unhear that tune
You kept a secret in your chest
And it wasn't me, it was you
[Verse 2]
There was a name on your phone screen
A smile you hid too fast
At the diner, by the back booth
You said "nothing" when I asked
You wore that quiet like a ring
Polished smooth, hard to see
And I was holding on so tight
To what I wanted you to be
[Pre-Chorus]
I read your face like weather
Every shift, every spark
Thought we were getting closer
Thought I knew your heart
[Chorus]
I fell for the way you talk
I fell for the way you stay
I thought we were safe in the dark
Then I saw you look away
I fell for the way you talk
Now I can't unhear that tune
You kept a secret in your chest
And it wasn't me, it was you
[Bridge]
Maybe I was just a pause
In the middle of your storm
Maybe I was easy comfort
While your real light found a form
So I let the moment go
Like a match in river foam
Still your voice stays on my skin
When I walk myself home
[Final Chorus]
I fell for the way you talk
I fell for the way you stay
I thought we were safe in the dark
Then I saw you look away
I fell for the way you talk
Now I know what I didn't know
You kept a secret in your chest
And I let it break me slow