DONT WAIT UP

I been gone for a minute, had to get my head right,

Whole lotta late nights turning into daylight.

Everybody switched when the room got colder,

Now they wanna call when the name gets bigger.

You can keep your “I miss you,” save it for another day,

I was building something while you walked away.

Funny how the silence started sounding like a friend,

Funny how I found myself before you came back in.

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You keep knocking at the same old door,

But I don’t live there anymore.

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Don’t wait up.

I’m already halfway home.

Don’t light the porch,

I’ve been fine alone.

Don’t fake love

Just because I’m gone.

You had your shot,

Now the moment’s gone.

Don’t wait up.

Don’t lose sleep.

You let me go,

Now let me leave.

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I ain’t mad, I just moved different,

Quit chasing people, started chasing distance.

Found my peace somewhere between

The things I lost and the things I dreamed.

Now the phone keeps buzzing,

I let it ring.

Some bridges burn

Without gasoline.

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Maybe in another life

We would’ve got it right.

But this one kept moving

And so did I.

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Don’t wait up.

No turning back.

Some doors close

And stay like that.

Don’t wait up.

Don’t chase ghosts.

I finally learned

To love what I wrote.

Don’t wait up…

I’m already gone.