Never Look Back
We knew each other a long time ago
Just two kids, young and carefree
We had a connection, even now, it’s still there
Two opposites but drawn together like magnets
You and me, unexpected
You talk to me like you could tell me all your secrets
I’d keep them locked away, like a safe
You look at me and everything fades away
You feel it to but you hesitate
So you keep me at a close distance
Never to touch but always close enough to break
You don’t ever give us the chance to make mistakes
You walk away, taking the best parts of me with you
Now, we’re older and forever changed
But the memories will always stay the same
Those two kids, what did they know about love?
They didn’t realize what they had was enough
But we tell ourselves to keep moving forward
I’ll never admit what you meant to me
You’ll never admit the things I made you feel
It’s just easier if we never look back
Time won’t wait for us, it keeps moving on
And I still haven’t figured out how to let you go
But you’re already in the distance, already gone
You keep a photo of me tucked away
You look at it every once in a while
Remind yourself it was real
You even listen to our favorite song
The one about “being right here all along:
You remember the story of us
Familiar, but now turning to dust
You think about that day we sat on opposite sides
All you wanted to do was move closer
But you got scared and left me with a hole inside
It was easier to leave
It was easier to start again
It was easier to believe that we were fools
I can’t think of a time where you didn’t cross my mind
Where I wasn’t reminded of those deep blue eyes
I’d like to say that you don’t mean anything to me
I’d like to say that I feel absolutely nothing
I try my best to push you out
But you call me after some time and I’m pulled in
I go right back to the girl I used to be
But the time’s not right again, I can feel you leaving
You’ll walk away
And I do the one thing I wish I wouldn’t do
I always look back for you
I type a message out and delete it a hundred times
I wonder if you ever want to hear from me
It’s been such a long time, how have you been?
I remember the days when we would talk all night and all day
My heart would rush just seeing your name on my phone
We get along so well, but that’s where it all ends
We can never be more than, we always go back to strangers
But I heard you’re happy now, finally found the one
I heard she’s beautiful, inside and out
I wish you all the best, I really do
Sometimes for a moment, I think about how it would be
Just me and you
But we’ll never be that
And it’s sad to say, but
We’ll never look back