[Verse 1] You brought her around to meet one night Said, “You two should get along just fine” She laughed too loud at a joke I made And I felt my whole world shift outta shape There was dust on the speakers, wine on the floor Your hand in mine like a hundred times before But across the room in a denim jacket Was a future and neither of us could have it [Pre-Chorus] I tried not to look Tried not to stay Tried to kill the spark before it learned my name [Chorus] It was unexpected Like lightning in a clear blue sky One second I was yours forever Next second I was wondering why Her eyes felt like a place I knew Before we even spoke And every good thing turned complicated The second that she smiled slow Now every room’s a wreckage Every word’s a loaded weapon God, I hate that love can happen So unexpected [Verse 2] She started showing up without you there Said she liked the records, liked the air And she confessed in the summer heat “You ever feel like timing’s cruel to people we meet?” I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t make a sound Just watched the sun sink behind your town [Pre-Chorus] Cause you were good You were kind And neither of us wanted to cross that line [Chorus] But it was unexpected Like a fire underneath the snow We kept pretending not to feel it While it only grew below And her hand brushed mine one midnight Like an accident too true Now every song sounds like a confession Every road leads back to you Now every room’s a wreckage Every choice just taught a lesson Sometimes love shows up uninvited So unexpected [Bridge] Maybe in another life You and I were strangers first Maybe then nobody breaks Maybe then it doesn’t hurt But in this one You’re her friend And she still wears the ring you gave her then So we stand like ghosts at parties Talking circles, keeping distance While our hearts keep screaming This isn’t finished [Final Chorus] And that’s the cruel thing about heaven Sometimes you meet it too late Sometimes the right person arrives With the wrong last name And I could spend my whole life wondering What we might’ve been Or bury this love alive Beneath my skin But every time she says goodbye There’s this ache I can’t dismiss Cause nothing ruins a person quite like Almost happiness And nothing beautiful begins The way this did So unexpected
