Paper Hearts, Open Hands

You laugh at all the wrong parts of the movie

Steal my fries

Say you’re not even hungry

Write your name on my fogged-up window

Then hide your face in my coat

I used to chase something perfect

Every plan

Every line

Every word

But you walk in

In that old sweatshirt

Suddenly perfect looks just like her

I love you like missed calls from home

Like late-night drives when we should go

Like every song I wish I wrote

You’re every line stuck in my throat

I love you in ways I can’t plan

Shaking hands

Open heart

Open hands

If there’s a truth I know

It’s this

I’ve never been so sure as this

You hum off-key just to try and annoy me

Leave your books in a stack on the floor

Say you’re fine when your eyes tell the story

I’m learning how to listen more

I used to sleep through the sunrise

Close the blinds

Keep the world far away

Now I’m awake just to watch you blinking

Trying to find the words to say

I love you like missed calls from home

Like late-night drives when we should go

Like every song I wish I wrote

You’re every line stuck in my throat

I love you in ways I can’t plan

Shaking hands

Open heart

Open hands

If there’s a truth I know

It’s this

I’ve never been so sure as this

What if we’re messy forever?

What if we never make sense?

If all that we have is each other

That still feels like more than enough in the end (oh)

I love you like missed calls from home

Like late-night drives when we should go

Like every song I wish I wrote

You’re every line stuck in my throat

I love you in ways I can’t plan

Writing our names in the wet cement sand

If there’s a truth I know

It’s this

I’m yours

I’m yours

And I’ve never been so sure as this