[Intro]
[spoken
Gentle]
"I used to joke that my longest relationship
Was with bad decisions"
[laughs softly
Audience chuckle]
"But then she walked in…
And
Uh… this song kind of wrote itself."
[Verse 1]
I was last call
Same bar
Same story
Same scars
Seeing life through the bottom of a glass
Late rent
Burned friends
Promises I’d bend
Saying
"I’ll change
"
Then driving twice as fast
[Pre-Chorus]
Then you pulled out a chair
Sat down in my chaos
Looked straight through the smoke
Like you’d already met my past
[Chorus]
You saved me slow
Not some movie scene redemption
Just a hand on my arm
When I shook from my addictions
You loved me wrong
’til I learned what right could be
Yeah
I was a runaway flame
And you were rain on my gasoline
You saved me slow
And you saved me from me
[Verse 2]
[spoken]
"First night she came over
I hid the bottles in the oven…
She found ’em
Obviously."
[audience laughs]
[sung]
You didn’t preach
Didn’t scream
You just sat there with me
Said
"You can lie to you
But don’t you lie to me"
Took my keys
Took my phone
Left my pride on the floor
Said
"You’re not going home
’til you know what home is for"
[Pre-Chorus]
You drew lines in the sand
While you held out your hand
Said
"Boy
Grow into a man
Or I’m gone
Understand?"
[Chorus]
You saved me slow
Not some movie scene redemption
Just your head on my chest
While I shook through the confession
You loved me wrong
’til I learned what right could be
Yeah
I was a runaway flame
And you were rain on my gasoline
You saved me slow
And you saved me from me
[Bridge]
[spoken
Softer]
"I asked her once
'Why didn’t you just leave?'"
[pause]
[sung
Low vocal register]
You said
"I saw the you
You were scared to be
Buried under all that hurt
And the broken family tree
But I won’t drag you
Won’t beg you
I’ll just stand right here
If you choose the dark again
I disappear"
[guitar swells lightly]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[spoken over gentle picking]
"So if you see her out there
Buy her a drink
…sparkling water
She’ll make sure I behave."
[audience laughter
Soft chuckle]
[sung]
I was a runaway flame
Now I’m learning how to breathe
’Cause you saved me slow
Yeah
You saved me from me