The Long Way

It's a quiet night in Pasadena, past the hipsters and the healers

Silence only makes it clearer, I miss her all the time

And I know the odds are getting steeper, if I ever get the chance to see her

I'd hook her to my carabiner, I couldn't lose her twice

I had you once, I didn't know how to keep you

I blacked out for ten months tryna find something deeper

But I knew I was gonna end up here always

Running right back to your place

I guess I just took the long way

And the part of me that hangs on hoping hates the part that knows we're broken

In denial and in devotion, it's hard to pick a side

And I saw it crashing in slow motion, I broke the door tryna keep it open

Flew across the whole damn ocean just to say goodbye

And I had you once, I didn't know how to keep you

I blacked out for ten months tryna find something deeper

But I knew I was gonna end up here always

Running right back to your place

I guess I just took the long way

And I feel everything, but I just feel it slowly

I didn't know how much I missed you 'til it broke me

And all you ever wanted was to hold me

It's criminal I hold my heart so closely

She's dancing like a ballerina, if only she saw how I see her

Man, I swear this time I'm holding tight

I had you once, I didn't know how to keep you

I blacked out for ten months tryna find something deeper

But I knew I was gonna end up here always

Running right back to your place

I guess I just took the long way