[Verse 1]
You left your lighter by the kitchen sink
Still smells like rain and everything I shouldn’t think
I took one drag, watched the ceiling turn
Some lessons taste sweet right before they burn
You said, “Don’t make a home out of a spark”
I heard your heartbeat louder than the warning in the dark
One weekend, then I gave you all my Sundays
Now every empty room remembers your name
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t know how to hold a little
I only know the whole thing
Every door I walk through with you
I’m already leaving
[Chorus]
I loved hard, fell too fast
Put forever in a paper cup and watched it ash
You were fire, I was thirsty
Now I’m coughing up the words that used to hurt me
If I call, don’t answer back
I’m still learning how to want you without running off the track
Loved hard, fell too fast
Now your goodbye is the smoke I breathe back
[Verse 2]
Your red coat hanging on the back of my chair
Like you might come home and find me waiting there
I keep the window cracked for old mistakes
And count the little promises I couldn’t make
You had a careful way of saying my name
I had a reckless way of turning sparks into flames
You asked for time, I gave you all my panic
Then called it passion when I couldn’t stand it
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t know how to hold a little
I only know the whole thing
Every door I walk through with you
I’m already leaving
[Chorus]
I loved hard, fell too fast
Put forever in a paper cup and watched it ash
You were fire, I was thirsty
Now I’m coughing up the words that used to hurt me
If I call, don’t answer back
I’m still learning how to want you without running off the track
Loved hard, fell too fast
Now your goodbye is the smoke I breathe back
[Bridge]
Maybe love ain’t supposed to leave a bruise
Maybe I kept mistaking losing for a truth
I can miss you without making you return
I can hold the match and let the lesson burn
[Final Chorus]
I loved hard, fell too fast
Put forever in a paper cup and watched it ash
You were fire, I was thirsty
Now I’m coughing up the words that used to hurt me
If I call, don’t answer back
I’m still learning how to want you without running off the track
Loved hard, fell too fast
But I won’t make a home inside the smoke we had
[Outro]
Your lighter by the kitchen sink
I leave it there, but I don’t make it mean a thing