You hid me in your dorm room
It was Halloweekend, I just flew across the globe
Twenty-two hours just to see you
Just to barely fit on your twin-sized bed
You hid me in your dorm room
It was Halloweekend, I just flew across the globe
Twenty-two hours just to see you
Just to barely fit on your twin-sized bed
And talk about your cool new friend
Who I never met, who you dated as soon as I left
[Verse 2]
Carolina autumn
It had been a year since I saw you
Since we ended it
Had a year to grow into the girl you always wanted
Now we're holding hands as not quite friends
But not quite lovers
Well, we'll just pretend
You say, "It's complicated to make amends"
Well, is that the way that we're headed then?
[Pre-Chorus]
And you couldn't answer me
Though you could pull me in while I brushed my teeth
And let your hands both freely speak
Like I wasn't ever gonna leave, leave
[Chorus]
You were all I'd ever known
And now I'm supposed to love you from a distance
Like it's nothing, like it's instant
And you say, "Let's just see where this goes"
And I don't know how or why you seem just fine
Cause I'm having to grasp that you're somehow not mine anymore
It's so cruel how things are only almost like they were before
[Post-Chorus]
Like they were before
Like they were before
Like they were before
[Verse 3]
We walk downtown and it's charming
You're alarmingly disarming
Yeah, we've got forty-eight hours left
Before I fly back to my death
While you stay just fine and feel alive
South of the Mason-Dixon line
Where everyone closes shop at nine
Where you could somehow finally find
[Pre-Chorus]
What you were desperately looking for
Funny how you thought that was gonna be New York
With our chalkboard walls and slanted floors
Oh, we could've had that and so much more
Ask your new lover what it's like to be given
A real fighting chance before you wish her, "Good riddance"
Did anything ever really count
Or was I just a two-year practice round?
[Chorus]
You were all I'd ever known
And now I'm feeling stupid, you're forbidden
They say, yeah, we were something, too bad we were children
Ooh, I don't know where to go
And I don't know how or why you seem just fine
Cause I'm looking at you and God knows you're not mine anymore
It's so cruel how things will never be the way they were before
[Outro]
Like they were before
It's almost just like how it was before
But it's not anymore
Me escondes en tu dormitorio
Era Halloweekend, solo volé por todo el mundo
Veintidós horas solo para verte
Solo para apenas encajar en tu cama de doble tamaño
Y hable de tu nuevo amigo genial
A quién nunca conocí, con quién saliste tan pronto como me fui
[Versículo 2]
Carolina Autumn
Había pasado un año desde que te vi
Desde que lo terminamos
Tuve un año para convertirse en la chica que siempre quisiste
Ahora estamos tomando de la mano como no del todo amigos
Pero no del todo amantes
Bueno, solo fingiremos
Dices: "Es complicado hacer las paces"
Bueno, ¿esa es la forma en que nos dirigimos entonces?
[Pre coro]
Y no pudiste contestarme
Aunque podrías tirarme mientras me cepillaba los dientes
Y deja que tus manos ambas hablen libremente
Como si nunca me fuera a irme, me iría
[Coro]
Eras todo lo que había conocido
Y ahora se supone que debo amarte desde la distancia
Como si no fuera nada, como si fuera instantáneo
Y dices: "Veamos a dónde va esto"
Y no sé cómo o por qué pareces bien
Porque tengo que comprender que de alguna manera ya no eres mío
Es tan cruel cómo las cosas son casi como antes.
[Post-coro]
Como si fueran antes
Como si fueran antes
Como si fueran antes
[Versículo 3]
Caminamos al centro y es encantador
Estás alarmantemente desarmando
Sí, nos quedan cuarenta y ocho horas
Antes de que vuele a mi muerte
Mientras te quedas bien y te sientes vivo
Al sur de la línea Mason-Dixon
Donde todos cierran la tienda a las nueve
Donde de alguna manera finalmente podrías encontrar
[Pre coro]
Lo que estabas buscando desesperadamente
Es curioso cómo pensaste que iba a ser Nueva York
Con nuestras paredes de pizarra y pisos inclinados
Oh, podríamos haber tenido eso y mucho más
Pregúntele a su nuevo amante cómo es que se le dan
Una verdadera oportunidad de luchar antes de desearle "Buen Ridance"
¿Algo realmente cuenta realmente?
¿O era solo una ronda de práctica de dos años?
[Coro]
Eras todo lo que había conocido
Y ahora me siento estúpido, estás prohibido
Dicen, sí, éramos algo, lástima que éramos niños
Ooh, no sé a dónde ir
Y no sé cómo o por qué pareces bien
Porque te estoy mirando y Dios sabe que ya no eres mía
Es tan cruel que las cosas nunca serán como antes
[Outro]
Como si fueran antes
Es casi como era antes
Pero ya no es