[Verse 1]
You wore that faded wool coat
Tea steam shaking in your hands
Rain on the window
Soft halo
Names on our tongues we never said
[Chorus]
All the roads we didn’t take
Curl like smoke behind us now
Every almost
Every ache
Living in the silence of that vow
We were standing on the edge of it
Hearts a breath from breaking faith
All the roads we didn’t take
Still run through me
[Verse 2]
You laughed
And bit down on your lip
Said
“We’d ruin everything”
Church bells dragging through the mist
Rings on our fingers
Heavy as stone
[Chorus]
All the roads we didn’t take
Curl like smoke behind us now
Every almost
Every ache
Living in the silence of that vow
We were standing on the edge of it
Hearts a breath from breaking faith
All the roads we didn’t take
Still run through me
[Bridge]
I feel your gaze in quiet rooms (oh)
Like a tide that never comes in
You said
“This is how we stay good”
I said nothing
You heard everything
[Chorus]
All the roads we didn’t take
Winding through the heathered hills
Every promise we kept shaking
Like a glass we couldn’t spill
We were standing on the edge of it
Choosing who we wouldn’t break
All the roads we didn’t take
Are the ones that keep me awake
[Outro]
Just your name
In the back of my throat
Just one step
We never took