Six Feet From You
Convention hall,
I caught your name:
Brooks, a stranger in another frame
Played matchmaker, laughed it away
Never knew I'd write about you someday
Walked in like a song on repeat
Suddenly you were hard to beat
Friday morning, eggs you managed to cremate
Four gas stations, Monsters on ice,
you paid—that was nice Catching my eyes,
enjoying the ride
Saw something real in your kindness
When you said, "My favorite flowers are azaleas"
I laughed, "How original" Secret neither gave away
Green eyes, tall frame
Didn't think I'd remember your name
Wasn't looking to play a part Then you shook my hand and
got under my guard
Six feet from checkmate,
one inch from a kiss!
You said you loved me,
I said it back Two hearts on the edge with the whole
world black! Six feet,
green eyes, four AM Back home I'll only think about you again!
(yeah!) Laughed in your face and called it a dance The girl
who made the first move never played it the same!
Dark car, bad shoulder,
wanted to cry
Told me 'bout the arms that held your mom; the noise gone
dry I said, "You can," no joke to be heard,
just trust between us Passing notes on my phone till Sunday came
Face masks, soft laughs,
five minutes in your arms You said,
"I'm in love with you" I said,
"I'm in love with you"
Six feet from checkmate,
one inch from a kiss!
You said you loved me,
I said it back Two hearts on the edge with the whole
world black! Six feet,
green eyes, four AM Back home I'll only think about you again!
Checkmate...
one person catches feelings,
nobody's cool
Four AM, bare feet
You came for water,
wanted more
You said, "I want to kiss you" I put my hand against
your chest:
"Six feet"
And you knew
You said, "When I go home,
all I'll think about is you" I said,
"I can't text boys" Joked about a cutting board,
your parents keeping you away
Pushed toward the bedroom,
every step a dare Six-thirty AM,
the airport took you away
What went down yesterday?!
Six feet from checkmate,
one inch from a kiss
How does a stranger turn into all of this?
You knew every song,
every word For eight years,
those songs had been mine Then you rapped beside me!
Love isn't a game,
hardest move is walking away
I can miss that night without handing my heart to somebody I
barely knew!
And that notebook... my favorite one.
Human psychology
I showed you my mind,
left the room, and it left with you They said they'd send
it, but never came through Six feet tall.
Green eyes. Thought I was studying the human mind...
Turns out, I was studying
you. Checkmate, Brooks.