(Verse 1)
I trace the echoes on my skin,
Where your touch still lingers, soft and thin.
A moment's fire I couldn't tame,
Now I'm the only one left in the flame.
I kissed you like I meant forever,
But I ran before we could break together.
Was it fear or was it fate?
I packed my bags before it was too late.
(Pre-Chorus)
I told myself I'm better off alone,
But your ghost is louder than my dial tone.
Every mile I put between us two,
I feel it pulling me back to you.
(Chorus)
I'm a runaway heart, breaking my own,
Crossing state lines just to be alone.
I left you standing in the morning light,
Pretending the wrong felt so right.
But I still hear your name in the dark,
I'm a runaway heart, with a permanent scar.
(Verse 2)
I bump my head against the wall,
Like it'll knock out the memory of it all.
What was I thinking, letting you in?
Letting my guard fall, letting you win?
I thought distance would be my cure,
But I miss you now more than before.
Six months gone, but I still see,
That night like it's haunting me.
(Pre-Chorus)
I told myself I'm better off alone,
But your ghost is louder than my dial tone.
Every mile I put between us two,
I feel it pulling me back to you.
(Chorus)
I'm a runaway heart, breaking my own,
Crossing state lines just to be alone.
I left you standing in the morning light,
Pretending the wrong felt so right.
But I still hear your name in the dark,
I'm a runaway heart, with a permanent scar.
(Bridge)
Maybe you're still out there,
Still chasing a spark in the midnight air.
But I'm too far gone, too scared to see,
If what we had was meant to be.
I left a piece of me on your lips that night,
And no distance can make that feel right.
(Chorus)
I'm a runaway heart, breaking my own,
Crossing state lines just to be alone.
I left you standing in the morning light,
Pretending the wrong felt so right.
But I still hear your name in the dark,
I'm a runaway heart, with a permanent scar.
(Outro)
So I'll run, I'll hide, but it won't change a thing,
You're the song I'll forever sing.
A runaway heart, lost from the start,
But you still own this broken heart.