[Intro | E Major | 202 BPM | acoustic guitar count-in, room noise] You didn't lie to me... I just kept interrupting you With my imagination. [Verse 1 | acoustic guitar, upright bass] I spent six months Writing sequels To conversations we never had Bought the concert tickets Paid for dinner Filled my gas tank Drove across town Just to spend an hour Convincing myself This was going somewhere Turns out... Hope is expensive. [Pre-Chorus | banjo enters] Every red flag Looked like a finish line If I squinted hard enough [Chorus | full band | gang vocals] I mistook potential For personality! Built tomorrow Out of "maybe!" Every warning sign Became a love song Every gut feeling Got outvoted By my heart [Verse 2 | accordion joins] You kept canceling plans I kept calling it "bad timing" You kept talking about yourself I called it "being passionate" You treated waiters like shit I called it "a rough day" At some point Denial became A part-time job [Pre-Chorus | fiddle joins] You weren't mysterious. I was doing The creative writing. [Chorus | bigger gang vocals] I mistook potential For personality! Confused chemistry With curiosity! Turns out butterflies Can also mean GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS PLACE! [Bridge | C# Minor | 164 BPM | stripped acoustic guitar, accordion, room ambience] You kept showing me Exactly who you were. I kept editing The subtitles. Maybe you deserved To be seen Instead of rewritten. And I damn sure deserved Better than a story I had to keep fixing. [Bridge Build | accelerating to 202 BPM | banjo tremolo, snare roll] Love shouldn't require This much fan fiction. [Final Chorus | E Major | 202 BPM | full band, maximum gang vocals] I mistook potential For personality! That's not your crime! That's on me! I fell in love With tomorrow While ignoring Who's standing Right in front of me! I mistook potential For personality! Next time I'll believe people The first time They tell me Who they are! --- [Outro | acoustic guitar only] You didn't break my heart. My imagination did. ... Turns out you're kind of An asshole [silence]
