Verse
Porch light flickered on the gravel drive
Your truck door creaked at half past nine
You brought me peaches in a paper sack
Said the orchard's closing, might not come back
I laughed too loud, you laughed right back
And something shifted on that dusty track
Pre-Chorus
Now I'm counting all the ways
That a stranger turns to stay
What if letting go's the only way to climb
Chorus
It's sweeter on the other side
Of everything I left behind
The empty roads, the closing doors
They led me straight to yours
Every ending that made me cry
Was just the sun about to rise
So I'll take the bruise, I'll take the ride
It's sweeter on the other side
Verse
You showed me scars along your arm
Said this is how I learned to feel the storm
We split a coffee, cold by two
I found a home in talking to you
The waitress cleared our plates away
But we still had so much left to say
Pre-Chorus
Now I'm counting all the ways
That a stranger turns to stay
What if letting go's the only way to climb
Chorus
It's sweeter on the other side
Of everything I left behind
The empty roads, the closing doors
They led me straight to yours
Every ending that made me cry
Was just the sun about to rise
So I'll take the bruise, I'll take the ride
It's sweeter on the other side
Bridge
Maybe heartbreak's just a compass
Pointing where the good things wait
Every door that shut behind me
Swung this porch light toward your gate
I used to run from bitter mornings
Now I'm leaning into grace
Chorus
It's sweeter on the other side
Of everything I left behind
The empty roads, the closing doors
They led me straight to yours
Every ending that made me cry
Was just the sun about to rise
So I'll take the bruise, I'll take the ride
It's sweeter on the other side
With you, it's sweeter on the other side
