[Verse 1]
Two in the morning and I'm staring at the ceiling again
Another night losing sleep thinking where you've been
Funny thing is I already knew
I could've found you anytime I wanted to
Your name never disappeared
Your face never faded away
I just kept telling myself
Don't be the reason her world changes
So I'd see another picture
And convince myself you were fine
Then spend the rest of the night
Trying to get you off my mind
I was lonely
Not the kind that comes from being by yourself
The kind that comes from knowing
The one you wanted is with somebody else
So I kept driving
Kept working
Kept stacking up the miles
Kept pretending everything was okay
Every time somebody asked me why I smiled
Cause they never saw the nights
When I'd replay everything
The conversations
The laughter
The future we almost had
Trying to find the moment
Where our story slipped away
Trying to figure out if there was something
I could've done that day
[Verse 2]
Seven years is a long time
To carry somebody in your heart
Seven years is a long time
To wonder where you start
I dated
I lived
I laughed
I smiled
But there was always a part of me
Comparing everybody to you
Not because they weren't good people
Not because they didn't care
But because they weren't the girl
I couldn't stop seeing everywhere
Every country song
Every old photograph
Every sunset through the windshield
Would drag me right back
Back to the girl who disappeared
Back to the questions I couldn't solve
Back to the life I imagined
Before it all dissolved
[Pre-Chorus]
And maybe I should've called
Maybe I should've tried
Maybe I should've risked hearing goodbye
[Chorus]
Cause I was lonely
Yeah lonely every night
Smiling through the daytime
Fighting through the night
I knew where you were
But I stayed away
Thinking loving you meant
Letting you stay
I was lonely
Even when life looked good
Even when everyone thought
I was doing what I should
Cause the truth is
Part of me never moved on
I just learned how to carry it
For seven years long
[Bridge]
Then one day
Out of nowhere
Your name showed up again
And suddenly all those years
Didn't feel so permanent
All the questions
All the wondering
All the lonely nights
Turned into one realization
Maybe the story wasn't over
Maybe we just weren't ready yet
[Final Chorus]
Cause I was lonely
Until you walked back in
Now every road behind me
Makes a little more sense
And if I had the chance
To rewrite everything
I don't know if I would
Because somehow all those years
All those tears
All those miles
All that pain
Led you back to me again