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​what it always was Lyrics by Sarah Saint James

2023

[Verse 1]
You build a house with your ex in the hills
And I, I've got a dog in the car and some bills
And we, we don't talk the way we used to
(We don't talk the way we used to)
And something happened, we've got stuck inside [?] like last July
Who knew the time apart could ever make the timing right?
Now I'm convinced that maybe we knew
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I got tattoos that you've never seen
'Cause the last time you touched me like this
Wе were sevеnteen
A recollection of our history
And now your body is remindin' me
[Chorus]
Is it too soon, too soon to call it
Call it what we knew it was?
The last ten years have made you cautious
We've already waited long enough
'Cause we've been patient and been persuaded
Into different kinds of love
It's all because we've been afraid to
Call it what it always was
[Verse 2]
I wanna settle down
A picket fence, a big white house
But every time I got too close, I'd think
'I'm missin' out on what we could be'
'Cause what if would stick around and meet somebody great
They made me smile, they made me laugh
But I still said your name
'Cause I'd still think of you
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I got tattoos that you've never seen (never seen)
'Cause the last time you touched me like this
We were seventeen
A recollection of our history (history)
And now your body is remindin' me
[Chorus]
Is it too soon, too soon to call it
Call it what we knew it was?
The last ten years have made you cautious
We've already waited long enough
'Cause we've been patient and been persuaded
Into different kinds of love
It's all because we've been afraid to
Call it what it always was
[Bridge]
What if it doesn't work out the way we thought it?
What if I'm always too much and you're too [?]?
What if I'm saving everything and you don't want it?
You don't want it
And do you want it?
[Chorus]
Is it too soon, too soon to call it
Call it what we knew it was?
The last ten years have made you cautious
We've already waited long enough
'Cause we've been patient and been persuaded
Into different kinds of love
It's all because we've been afraid to
Call it what it always was
Credits
Sarah Saint James

Sarah Saint James

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