Not Like This

Verse
Had your ring in the console tray
Just waiting on the words to say
Pulled in and saw that porch light on
Found your note taped up, you were gone

Pre-Chorus
Read every line in that dashboard glow
Watched my forever turn to "gotta go"

Chorus
I thought heartbreak came with a slammed front door
Not a yellow-lined page where love’s been before
I thought you’d look me in the eye, say what you meant
Not leave me reading where our whole life went
I knew love could break, I knew I’d take a hit
Just never thought it’d end like this
Not like this

Verse
Sat out there ‘til the engine died
Read it again ‘til I knew every line
Porch light on but the house went cold
Just me and your goodbye in black ink bold

Pre-Chorus
Yeah I’m still stuck in that dashboard glow
Watching forever turn to "gotta go"

Chorus
I thought heartbreak came with a slammed front door
Not your words hitting harder than they did before
I thought we’d show your ring to the world
Now it’s just silence and your every word
I knew love could break, I knew I’d take a hit
Just never thought it’d land like this
Not like this

Bridge
Now I’m playing these chords to a Friday crowd
Turning that silence up way too loud
That note you wrote still cuts like it did
Guess goodbye don’t need a voice to hit

Chorus
I thought heartbreak came with a slammed front door
Now I know it don’t look like I thought before
I thought you’d look me in the eye, say what you meant
But I found my way through where our whole life went
I knew I’d survive, yeah I’d get past it
Just never thought I’d heal like this
Not like this

Outro
Found a spark
In the dark you left me in
Yeah, I made it through
Just not like this