[intro: spoken / half-sung] it’s sweet, you know? that early kind of love... where even silence feels like a conversation, and you catch yourself smiling at nothing. i’ve never felt like this before, you’re living in my mind but i want more. you told me about your childhood cat, I told you I never had one, we laughed at dumb things on your phone, the night just slipped away. [verse] wanna be with you all the time, take you home where you’re all mine. I noticed the way you fix your hair, you noticed the way I pause mid-sentence, it felt easy, like we’d done this before. it’s wild how close things can get before you even realize it, and just like that you’re not alone anymore... [hook 1 – call & response] the first time i saw you, i knew that i loved you. (but) I like you too much to let you fall in love with me, the first time you touched me, i knew you were “it”. i love you forever, do you love me forever? ‘cause I break what I hold too tightly. I drive the kindest hearts into storms, and I never mean to… …but meaning doesn’t fix much, does it? [drop / music break – ad libs] mmm… are you ready baby? i walk away. [verse 2] I disappear before it matters, like I’m afraid of being understood, I’ve seen how these stories end, and I’d rather skip the credits. you say you’re different, and maybe you are, wanna be with you all the time but I’m still me, and that’s the problem. [bridge – layered] and maybe-eeee you’d like to settle down with me, it’s not you, it’s the way I was wired, I chase connection but bail when it gets too quiet. it’s not fair, I know that, but I never promised fair… [hook 2 – tighter mix] the first time i saw you, i knew that i loved you. I like you too much, that’s why I’ll never let this go too far. the first time you touched me, i knew you were “it”. you deserve someone who doesn’t keep one foot out the door. and maybe in another life i love you forever, i’d be someone who stayed… let’s have a life they’ll never forget. they’ll never forget! …but in this one… i just walk away, [outro – echoing] do you love me baby? i just walk away. the first time i saw you, i knew that i loved you… and i just walk away. oo oo...
