8th Grade

Your eyes were like the ocean
In more ways than one
Setting my heart in motion
For the first time, it had begun

Standing silent and nervous
Couldn't find words to say
So I put pen to paper
With my thoughts on display

We became friends not knowing
You were my first crush

But I would never understand
There's more to love than what meets the eye
And although we were so close then
We would one day leave each other behind

Take me back to 8th grade
When I was falling in love
And dancing with you
Was more than enough

Although we fell apart
You're still close to my heart
And all these memories will never fade
Of you back in 8th grade

I missed you in class one night
When I would make the mistake
Of telling your friends that I...
Liked you, thus raising the stakes

I swore them all to secrecy
Boys faked letting you know
And your best friend let it slip
Or at least I was told

I told you how I felt
But our friendship remained

But I would never understand
There's more to love than what meets the eye
And although we were so close then
We would one day leave each other behind

So take me back to 8th grade
When I was falling in love
And dancing with you
Was more than enough

Although we fell apart
You're still close to my heart
And all these memories will never fade
Of you back in 8th grade

Eventually the hurricanes came
Inspiring the first song I would write
We reconciled, and our friendship would stay
Until our paths separated in time

I still haven't tasted a love that returned
But you're now engaged, and I still haven't learned
I wanna meet someone, but all alone, I'm not fine
But there's much more to love than what meets the eye

So take me back to 8th grade
When I was falling in love
And dancing with you
Was more than enough

Although we fell apart
You're still close to my heart
And all these memories will never fade
Of you back in 8th grade

So take me back to 8th grade
When I was falling in love
And dancing with you
Was more than enough

Although we fell apart
You're still close to my heart
And all these memories will never fade
Of you back in 8th grade

You're a chapter in my life
I'm a footnote in yours
I'm content where we're at
Now at age 24

The media shows love
As what meets the eye
That's not true; it's not us
But I'll find love in time