Verse
Two coffee cups still warm on the ledge
Your jacket on the hook by the door
Nine years of noise in a kitchen gone quiet
I'm folding the map of before
The clock on the wall keeps on ticking
Like it's begging this hour to stay
But some of the best things we built here
Were only ever meant for a day
Pre-Chorus
So what do we call this
A door or a start
Do I keep the porch light on
Or let the dark be kind to my heart
Chorus
Everything looks better in the rearview
Streetlights blur to gold as they go
The road behind us glowing brighter
Than it ever did when we didn't know
So I'll wave until you're small as a memory
And let the highway carry what we knew
Some things only shine when they're leaving
Better in the rearview
Verse
Boxes stacked like years in the hallway
Your handwriting still on the wall
I used to think an ending was breaking
Now I'm not scared of the fall
There's a version of us in the taillights
Laughing too loud, running red
And a version of me standing here now
Learning to love what we said
Pre-Chorus
So what do we call this
A door or a start
Do I keep the porch light on
Or let the dark be kind to my heart
Chorus
Everything looks better in the rearview
Streetlights blur to gold as they go
The road behind us glowing brighter
Than it ever did when we didn't know
So I'll wave until you're small as a memory
And let the highway carry what we knew
Some things only shine when they're leaving
Better in the rearview
Bridge
Maybe grief is just love with nowhere to drive
Maybe the ache means it all was alive
I'm not asking for one more mile
Just to keep this feeling awhile
Chorus
Everything looks better in the rearview
Streetlights blur to gold as they go
The road behind us glowing brighter
Than it ever did when we didn't know
So I'll wave until you're small as a memory
And let the highway carry what we knew
Some things only shine when they're leaving
Better in the rearview
Better in the rearview
