Road the Other Way

Verse 1

Three missed calls glowing on my screen

Your fingertips brush the hem of my jeans

You say the hallway draft cuts deep

Beg me not to leave tonight

I drop my coat beside your couch

Your eyes drift off toward the window

The warmth you used to carry

Faded from the street outside

Pre-Chorus

You grab my wrist just before you push

The second I calm down you start to rush

Your spark's a coupon running out

Cooling into silence

I can never keep up with the way you change

Chorus

You beg me to stay right when I don't go

Then you pull away

Your interest drains like a tide going low

Leaving bare sand on display

All that affection turns to awkward space

I'm in your living room out of place

You beg me to stay the moment I decide to

Then our talk falls apart

You stare at your phone the whole time through

I'm just a temporary guest

Not written in your plans

Left alone wondering if that love was real

Verse 2

A whole paragraph of confession last week

Said your life felt hollow and incomplete

I canceled every plan I had

Took a cab straight to your street

You opened up the door half asleep

Said you felt lazy didn't want to speak

Said I shouldn't drive so far

Nothing fun to find out here

Pre-Chorus

You grab my wrist just before you push

The moment I settle you start to rush

Your spark's a coupon running out

Freezing into silence

I can never keep up with the way you shift

Chorus

You beg me to stay right when I don't go

Then you pull away

Your interest drains like a tide going low

Leaving bare sand on display

All that affection turns to awkward space

I'm in your living room out of place

You beg me to stay the moment I decide to

Then our talk falls apart

You stare at your phone the whole time through

I'm just a temporary guest

Not written in your plans

Left alone wondering if that love was real

Bridge

Maybe I imagined every signal

Maybe you were lonely not in love

Maybe I keep running to a door

That only opens when I'm turning back

Chorus

You beg me to stay right when I don't go

Then you pull away

Your interest drains like a tide going low

Leaving bare sand on display

All that affection turns to awkward space

I'm in your living room out of place

You beg me to stay the moment I decide to

Then our talk falls apart

You stare at your phone the whole time through

I'm just a temporary guest

Not written in your plans

Left alone wondering if that love was real

Outro

So now when you call begging me to stay

I just turn around

Take the road the other way