[Verse 1]
You left your sandals by my door
Sunscreen fingerprints on my mirror
You laughed and said you’d stay an hour
You stayed all year
You used my t-shirt as your dress
Salt in your hair
On my chest
You drew a heart on the balcony glass
Said “don’t forget”
[Chorus]
I’m sorry under palm trees
Saying everything I couldn’t then
Watching waves erase our footprints
Like they knew how this would end
I’m talking to the coastline
Like it might carry you to me
I’m sorry under palm trees
Where you said you’d never leave
[Verse 2]
We burned our noses
Burned our tongues
Cheap rum kisses
Bitten lungs
You called my freckles constellations
On cloudy nights
I see your towel on the rail
Hear your voice inside the shell
Every gull sounds like you calling
From some other sky
[Chorus]
I’m sorry under palm trees
Saying everything I couldn’t then
Watching waves erase our footprints
Like they knew how this would end
I’m talking to the coastline
Like it might carry you to me
I’m sorry under palm trees
Where you said you’d never leave
[Bridge]
Would you come back
If the tide turned slow
If I wrote your name
In the undertow (woah)
If I stood right here
Every sunset
Every year
Would you know
[Chorus]
I’m sorry under palm trees
Saying everything I couldn’t then
Watching waves erase our footprints
Like they knew how this would end
I’m talking to the coastline
Like it might carry you to me
I’m sorry under palm trees
Where you said you’d never leave