Verse 1
This time it feels different
I don’t reach for my phone
Don’t type your name at midnight
Just to see if you’re alone
There’s sadness in the quiet
But it doesn’t make me run
Maybe I’m finally tired
Of what loving you became
I thought I’d hate not knowing
Where you are or who you’re with
But God, it’s kind of peaceful
Not having to question it
Not counting little changes
Not reading every sign
Not wondering if you’re telling me
The truth this time
Pre-Chorus
I didn’t want to doubt you
I didn’t want to need proof
But trust doesn’t grow through distance
It takes work, it takes truth
Chorus
And this time it feels different
It hurts, but I can breathe
I’m sad about the life we had
But I don’t need you here with me
’Cause loving you got tangled up
With wondering what was real
And I hate that losing you
Is starting to feel
A little bit like peace
Verse 2
Every accidental little lie
Was little until there were ten
A name, a call, a story changed
Then somehow changed again
You’d tell me I should leave you
Then ask me not to go
How do you ever learn to trust
A constant yes and no?
I know I wasn’t easy
I know I had my part
But every time the ground moved
I held tighter to your heart
You called that holding pressure
I called it being scared
You can’t keep telling someone “leave”
Then wonder why they fear you’ll disappear
Pre-Chorus
I didn’t want to watch you
I wanted to trust you blind
But trust doesn’t get rebuilt
With space and borrowed time
Chorus
And this time it feels different
It hurts, but I can breathe
I’m sad about the life we had
But I don’t need you here with me
’Cause loving you got tangled up
With wondering what was real
And I hate that losing you
Is starting to feel
A little bit like peace
Bridge
That’s the part that breaks me
After everything we survived
All the nights we swore we’d fix it
All the times we almost tried
All the plans, all the promises
All the miles, all the fights
All the times you pulled me closer
Just to push me out that night
And for what?
That’s the question that still gets me
For what?
If this is where it ends
We went through hell to keep from losing us
Just to lose us in the end
Final Chorus
This time it feels different
I’m crying, but I’m still
I don’t need to know where you are tonight
Never thought I wouldn’t, but I don’t
I don’t wonder who you’re with now
Or whose name is on your mind
I don’t have to hunt for honesty
One little piece at a time
Maybe that’s what’s saddest
Maybe that’s what sets me free
I wanted peace so badly with you
I never thought I’d find it
Without you next to me.