Wasn’t Meant to Be

I never should’ve called

I knew you’d leave eventually

But I didn’t think you’d do it

So cold, so easily

I never should’ve held your hand

That cold and rainy night

’Cause I knew somewhere down the line

It’d turn into another fight

Now when I look at you

I don’t recognize the truth

You know me better than I do

And still you’re halfway out the room

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Tell me it’s not real

Say I misunderstood

Crying doesn’t look like you

But right now you look like you could

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Stranger—that’s all I see

When I look into your eyes

A soulmate who got too close

But wasn’t meant to stay in my life

Stranger—you know my secrets

You know exactly where to start

You pull me in, then tear me apart

A soulmate who broke my heart

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I never should’ve kissed your hand

Let you get that close to me

I gave you parts I didn’t plan

Now you live inside my sleep

I never should’ve said “I love you”

You never said it back

So why am I still holding on

To something we don’t have?

Up all night on another red-eye

Wishing we never learned to fly

’Cause once you leave the ground like this

There’s no soft way to say goodbye

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Maybe say you didn’t mean it

Say it was a joke, a phase

Say nothing really has to change

Say you didn’t mean to say my name

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Stranger—that’s all I see

But God, you still feel like home

A soulmate I can’t unlove

Even when I’m alone

Stranger—you read me easy

Like I’m already torn apart

You hold the truth, you hold the knife

A soulmate who wasn’t mine to keep

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The smile you gave me

Even when you were breaking inside

We fall apart as the city goes dark

I’m in your arms, pretending I’m fine

There’s nothing you could do or say

That’d make this hurt go away

I try to leave, I try to breathe

But I can’t escape the way I love you

I don’t want to

But I love you

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Stranger—that’s all you’ll be

But you still feel like destiny

A soulmate I wasn’t meant to meet

But met anyway

I wish I could go back in time

Leave you untouched, leave you behind

Never called, never kissed, never tried

A soulmate who wasn’t meant to be mine

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I never should’ve called…

But I still hear your voice

Not a villain, not a mistake

Just the wrong love at the wrong point