Backseat Hearts

It's been hours since we left,

streetlights blur into the night Your head is somewhere on my shoulder,

and the dashboard paints the sky

You're asleep across the backseat like you don't have a care at

all

And I'm staring through the window

watching every town get small

There's a song playing softly,

one we've heard a hundred times And I'm memorizing everything about this

little piece of time The road keeps moving underneath us,

but I wish that it would stop 'Cause I've got everything I

wanted

and somehow it's still not enough You're right here,

but I can't call you mine

You're close enough to touch,

but you're a lifetime out of reach tonight

So I'll watch the world go by from the backseat of this

car With your sleeping head against me

and my heart falling too hard I have you for the moment,

but I know I can't keep you That's the cruelest kind of

beautiful Getting everything I want except you

I'll listen to our favorite songs and pretend they're about us

Memorize the way you breathe and

try not to want too much

Maybe you'll never love me

the way I wish you would But some stupid little part of

me

still thinks maybe you could

Maybe if I change enough,

maybe if I grow Maybe if I become the person you'd never

want to let go

Maybe if I'm patient,

maybe if I'm enough

Maybe one day you'll look at me and finally see what I

see in us

I know that's probably foolish,

I know I shouldn't wait

But hope is hard to bury when it's the thing that makes

you stay

We're crossing county lines now,

everyone else is asleep

And I wonder if these moments

are the ones I'll always keep

So I'll stare out the window,

let the headlights disappear

And love you from the backseat

while you're sleeping next to me here (mmm)