[Intro] I told myself I was leaving Then I heard your truck outside Funny how a heart says run While it waits with the porch light on [Verse 1] I keep saying we are nothing Then I reach for you again Every time I draw a boundary You are standing past the edge There are things I never tell you Like how safe your silence feels I have called your steady love a question Just because I fear what is real [Pre-Chorus] I read too much between your lines Then hide behind my own You give me room, I call it distance You give me love, I call it unknown [Chorus] You are the one I keep coming back to The one I cannot leave behind I say I need a little space Then hope you read between the lines I have mistaken fear for freedom And called confusion a sign But underneath every mixed signal Boy, I know your heart knows mine [Verse 2] I have worn a smile through bad nights When the truth was hard to hide Found old memories in the kitchen And let the lonely take my side I learned that love can leave a shadow Even when nobody goes And I have held onto old hurt Long after it lost its home [Pre-Chorus] I watched you stay through every storm While I kept changing lanes I tested what was strong enough Then blamed you for the rain [Chorus] You are the one I keep coming back to The one I cannot leave behind I say I need a little space Then hope you read between the lines I have mistaken fear for freedom And called confusion a sign But underneath every mixed signal Boy, I know your heart knows mine [Verse 3] This house remembers every version Of the woman I became Two cups cooling on the counter One still carrying your name I used to think that being wanted Meant I had to disappear Now I see the door was never locked I was the one afraid to step near [Bridge] So let the old nights lose their power Let the ghosts stay in the past I don't need another answer From a love that could not last I don't need to chase a feeling That was built on being unsure I need the kind that stands beside me When my heart is hard to cure [Breakdown] No more reading into silence No more turning truth around No more leaving when it gets real Just to see if you'll come back around If I say I need you, I mean it If I stay, I will stay true I am done with all the guessing I am choosing what is true [Verse 4] I remember little moments I pretended not to see How you noticed when I was hurting Before I knew what hurt in me I called your patience hesitation Called your kindness something weak Truth is, I was scared you'd find The words I could not speak [Pre-Chorus] Every road I took without you Still led me to your door Maybe love was never missing I was only scared of more [Final Chorus] You are the one I keep coming back to But now I know the reason why Not because I fear the empty Not because I cannot say goodbye I have learned to hear the difference Between a warning and a sign And the love I choose is honest It will never make me hide You are the one I kept avoiding While I searched for something new Now I know the mixed signals Were the ones I gave to you [Outro] There is quiet in me now Where the questions used to be I am done with almost loving I am choosing honestly No more circles, no more distance No more hiding what I knew Every mixed signal led me home And home keeps leading back to you I choose you, no more mixed signals, this time.
