The Answer Was Yes

Verse 1

An hour on the highway to your apartment

Each time I told myself the miles didn't sting

You’d make a joke about the other guys who visit

And I would laugh it off, another rite of spring

Then a month of static on the line between us

'Til a birthday party brought you back to me

We fell back in, I should have seen the coming autumn

Standing on the wrong side of a one-way street

Chorus

But you wrote the ending in a message on a screen

You drew a line before our final scene

You didn't lose me 'cause the feeling wasn't true

You lost me 'cause you couldn’t wait me through

Four days of silence was too long for you to bear

You heard a "no" that was never even there

You decided for the both of us, I guess

Before I ever got the chance to say my yes

Verse 2

Remember your birthday? I hid notes around your place

A trail of little gifts to see that smile on your face

You whispered low, "I don't deserve a day like this"

I moved in close and told you, "Yes, you do, you did"

You let your armor fall, you let me see inside

The fragile, hopeful parts you always tried to hide

For one whole day, you finally believed it might be real

You let yourself be seen, you let yourself just feel

Chorus

But you wrote the ending in a message on a screen

You drew a line before our final scene

You didn't lose me 'cause the feeling wasn't true

You lost me 'cause you couldn’t wait me through

Four days of silence was too long for you to bear

You heard a "no" that was never even there

You decided for the both of us, I guess

Before I ever got the chance to say my yes

Bridge

The answer was yes. The answer was already yes.

I'd found a zimmer by a lake, I'd cleared the weekend out

I blocked a day out at the racetrack, I confess

To finally quiet every single one of your doubts

I needed those four days to let my own brain heal

From months of you insisting this was not for real

My mind was catching up to what my heart confessed

It wasn't doubt, it was just whiplash in my chest

And yes, that friend was like a ghost inside the room

But I was choosing you, my quiet little bloom

Final Chorus

And so I read the ending in that message on my screen

I see the line you drew and everything between

You didn't lose me 'cause my feeling wasn't true

You lost me 'cause your fear is what you listen to

Four days of silence was a story you misread

You let my absence scream inside your head

So you decided for the both of us, I guess

And I am left here with a silent, useless yes

That race car's waiting on a track you'll never see