Better in the Rearview

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