REHEARSED

Verse 1

An hour on the highway, burning gasoline

A one-way street, you never drove to me

I'd tell myself it didn't really matter

Just another promise I could let go shatter

You’d make your little joke about the other guys

"How cute you think you're special" in your eyes

The static built until the line went dead

Did you mean a single word you said?

Chorus

You didn't wait for my yes

You wrote the ending in a text

Some rehearsed and perfect final word

The only answer that you wanted heard

You hit send and called it finished, called it done

You pulled the trigger on a loaded gun

I wasn't lost because I didn't want you then

You lost me 'cause you couldn't count to ten

Verse 2

Remember your last birthday in that room?

Unwrapping hidden notes to break the gloom

I hid them all around your empty space

Just to see a real smile on your face

You kept on whispering, "I don't deserve this"

I kept on saying, "Yes, you do," and stole a kiss

For one whole day, you let the armor fall

But I'm the only one who saw it, after all

Chorus

You didn't wait for my yes

You wrote the ending in a text

Some rehearsed and perfect final word

The only answer that you wanted heard

You hit send and called it finished, called it done

You pulled the trigger on a loaded gun

I wasn't lost because I didn't want you then

You lost me 'cause you couldn't count to ten

Bridge

Four days. That's all my notice was supposed to be

While I was on a website, booking seats for three

You, me, and your best friend, that ghost in every room

I thought that maybe sunlight could clear out all the doom

I booked a racing track, I heard you when you dreamed

My brain just needed time to catch up with your scheme

To process you were finally asking for the real thing

Not to second-guess the certainty I’d bring

Final Chorus

You didn't wait for my yes

You wrote your ending in a text

That rehearsed and hollow little lie

The only version where you had to say goodbye

You hit send and called it finished, called it done

The race was over 'fore it had begun

I wasn't lost because I didn't want you then

You lost me 'cause you couldn't wait, and you can't have me again

Yeah the answer was yes

God, the answer was always yes.