All I Needed

I don't know why but I fought to keep you,
Too young to know my own mind
I wondered how it didn't come so easy,
Couldn't tell myself why
I had a head full of "what ifs,"
But not the guts to say goodbye

I knew deep down that we lacked the chemistry
No one up there to keep us close
And what a laugh to think of how I loved you,
Every moment fully posed
You shared my firsts with me, but that was all I needed.

I picture how it would have been,
With your mom keeping us safe every night
I can see her in our bed,
'Cause an inch of privacy would do way more harm, oh, than good

Mm, I picture how it would have been,
With your mom keeping us safe every night
Well, I can see her in our bed,
'Cause an inch of privacy would do way more harm than good

I gotta laugh when I remember us together,
We were an unlikely pair
We lasted longer than we probably needed, but who cares?
I keep a box in my bookshelf, but I never look inside