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