So Gently

Oh every now and then I look back
and can't believe oh just how fast
the time flew

And I wonder what you thought in that
moment when you saw me on tv holding
a microphone singing to you

I'm seeing state lines like you see stop signs
but I havent changed that much

I was never online but now it's all the time
searching your name with no luck

There are crowds of people
but no one's able
to look at me the way you do

and the songs are speaking
my heart is bleeding
reaching out for you

you come to mind
like a melody of a time
where I was happy in life

but when the lights go down
and no one's around
that's when you come to me
so gently

I remember after my car crash
I rented a hatchback
Knew you wouldn't recognize the plate

So I took myself on a one way
trip down a right turn memory lane
until I found 1498

Baby I cried a few hundred times
before my tears dried up

I'd say that I'm fine but what a lie
when I was the one who messed up

There are crowds of people
but no one's able
to look at me the way you do

and the songs are speaking
my heart is bleeding
reaching out for you

and you come to mind
like a melody of a time
where I was happy in life

but when the lights go down
and no one's around
that's when you come to me
so gently

Im chasing telephone poles
through cities I go
hoping they reach ya

And if I wait too long then
I know how this song
is gonna end for me
and it wont be gently
oh so gently