Hallway Lockers

[Verse 1] You sat two rows over in American History Doodlin’ constellations on your sleeve I was the quiet kid pretending not to notice While my whole world leaned your way every week You’d laugh and all the hallway lockers rattled Like they knew somethin’ I could never say I memorized the freckles on your shoulders But let my courage slip away [Pre-Chorus] And every prom song Every football game Every almost moment Still carries your name [Chorus] I loved you since homeroom, since backseat bus rides Since your hair caught sunlight on those cold November nights And I never found the nerve to cross that invisible line So I kept you in my heart like a secret I’d survive Yeah, everybody moved on, but part of me still stays Somewhere in those hallways Lovin’ you from far away [Verse 2] You told me once your biggest fear was endings Funny how that sentence never left ’Cause graduation came like thunder in the distance And I watched you disappear with all the rest Now your picture shows a city full of strangers Coffee cups and rooftop summer skies And I still hear your voice in old recordings Like a ghost between the lines [Pre-Chorus] Sometimes I wonder If you ever knew How every love song Started with you [Chorus] I loved you since homeroom, since backseat bus rides Since your name looked perfect in the margins of my mind And I never found the nerve to tell you what was true So I turned all my silence into songs about you Yeah, everybody moved on, but part of me still stays Somewhere in those hallways Lovin’ you from far away [Bridge] Maybe in another life I’d have walked you home that night Would’ve said the words instead of swallowing the fire Maybe we’d be us right now Maybe I’d have figured out How to stop a scared young heart from hiding its desire [Final Chorus] ’Cause I loved you since homeroom, and I probably always will Like the last slow dance echo spinning somewhere still And if this song ever finds you in the middle of your day Just know there was a boy who never stopped feeling this way No, I never found the courage But I found these words at last You were my almost forever My favorite thing I never had 🎶