[Intro]
[Violin
Alone
Wide and bold]
[Fingerpicked guitar slips in under the last violin note]
[Verse 1]
You hang your coat
On that same bent nail
You laugh and say
"Guess it’s always been like this"
Coffee in chipped cups
Sun sneaks through the blinds
And for a second
It all feels too small
[Chorus]
We deserve the best
You and me
More than getting by on almost free
More than "it’s fine" when it’s breaking our chests
You and me
We deserve the best
(you and me)
We deserve the best
[Verse 2]
I count your worries
On your bitten fingertips
You say you’re "just tired"
But the truth sits in your lips
We’ve been making do
With half-light
Half-rest
But I see a wide road
With our names on the sign
[Chorus]
We deserve the best
You and me
Not a quiet hope we never see
Not hand-me-down dreams from someone else’s mess
You and me
We deserve the best
(oh, we do)
We deserve the best
[Bridge]
What if we packed one bag
Left the mail on the floor
Didn’t ask permission
Didn’t knock on any doors
What if "too much"
Was finally what we had
Love that fits us
Like it’s made by our hands
[Chorus]
We deserve the best
You and me
More than second helpings of misery
More than saying "later" till there’s nothing left
You and me
We deserve the best
(you and me, you and me)
We deserve the best
[Outro]
[Violin returns
Echoing the chorus melody over a fading guitar pattern]
(you and me)
(we deserve the best)