Met her on that old soccer field,
Sun was settin’, sky turned teal,
She laughed when I missed my shot,
Didn’t know right then what I’d got.
Same gym class, playin’ one-on-one,
Talkin’, laughin’, just havin’ fun.
She was a freshman, I was seventeen,
Too scared to say what she meant to me.
[Pre-Chorus]
I’d walk her out after the bell,
Heart on fire, but I’d never tell…
[Chorus]
We were just kids who never said what we felt,
Two souls burnin’ quiet as hell.
Life pulled me away, took the long way home,
Thought I found love, but I felt alone.
After all the miles, all the years apart —
I found myself right back where it starts.
Yeah, somehow after all I’ve been through,
It led me right back home to you.
[Verse 2]
Graduated, thought I knew my way,
Put on a ring, signed my name.
Joined the service, tried to be strong,
But the nights got cold and the years got long.
Felt the weight of what I’d lost,
Paid the price, didn’t count the cost.
Then one day, back in my hometown,
There you were, and my world slowed down.
[Pre-Chorus]
Your smile hit me like it used to do,
And I swear my heart just knew…
[Chorus]
We were just kids who never said what we felt,
Two souls burnin’ quiet as hell.
Life pulled me away, took the long way home,
Thought I found love, but I felt alone.
After all the miles, all the years apart —
I found myself right back where it starts.
Yeah, somehow after all I’ve been through,
It led me right back home to you.
[Bridge]
Now we talk ‘bout all those days,
The laughs, the dreams, the words we never say.
Guess love don’t care ‘bout time or plans,
It just waits ‘til you’re ready to understand.
[Final Chorus]
We were two hearts lost but never gone,
Fate had a way of leadin’ us on.
After all the wrongs, the fights, the scars,
You’re still the one that heals my heart.
After all the storms, I found my truth —
It all led me back to you.
[Outro]
Yeah, after all the time that we’ve been parted,
I’m right back…
Right back where it started.
