Verse 1 I used to flinch at your silence Now I miss it like a drug Told myself I had time While I poured it down my gut And I blamed it on my hustle Said I’d fix us in the fall But I watched you pack your weekend bag And I never made the call Pre-Chorus Yeah, I lit the match and walked away Didn’t know I was on fire too that day Chorus Maybe I should’ve screamed instead of shuttin’ my mouth Maybe I should’ve stayed instead of stormin’ out I was busy chasing ghosts in the rearview Now you’re wearing their perfume Maybe I had to break before I grew Maybe you had to leave to tell the truth And baby, I get it—I was late But damn, I wish you'd’ve made me wait Verse 2 You deserved the version I buried Under pride and cigarette smoke Kept saying “I got this,” But baby, that’s a joke 'Cause I was a poem that never landed A verse without a bridge Now I’m dancing with my damage In an empty motel fridge Pre-Chorus Didn’t know I was bleeding from my own bite Didn’t know the truth til you left that night Chorus Maybe I should’ve screamed instead of shuttin’ my mouth Maybe I should’ve stayed instead of stormin’ out I was busy chasing ghosts in the rearview Now they all wear your perfume Maybe I had to break before I grew Maybe you had to leave to tell the truth And baby, I get it—I was late But damn, I wish you'd’ve made me wait Bridge This ain’t a plea, it’s a post-mortem prayer For the girl I lost and the mess I wear If you’re happy now, I’ll sit in this ache But part of me hopes it’s all just fake Final Chorus Maybe I’ll always scream when I should speak Maybe you were the only part of me That ever made sense, even when I was wrong And maybe I was wrong all along So go, I won’t ask you to stay But fuck, I wish you'd’ve made me wait
