[Verse 1]
Cold diner glow, midnight booth with a receipt crease,
We sipped bad coffee, traded promises for peace,
Torn Polaroid on the dash, your laugh stuck in my sleeve,
I drove past our streetlights, where we used to believe.
Maps burned in my backseat, directions in the ash,
Wishbone wishes snapped — still I kept coming back,
I counted empty frames, heartbeats on repeat,
Fell into the silence where your name learned my feet.
[Pre-Chorus - R&B]
If this road bends one last time, let me learn you by sound,
Relearn the rhythm of your breath when the world caves in around.
[Chorus - R&B]
Back to us, scarred and luminous, nights of neon truth,
We weathered black, now the sky refracts our youth,
Your heartbeat’s a map, my steady hands the compass dust,
We rerouted home—found each other, back to us.
[Verse 2]
I scribbled apologies on subway tiles, graffiti prayers,
You wore winter like armor, I wore summer like errors,
Internal rhymes in my chest — regret, respect, repair,
We traded blame for small talk, sewing seams in the air.
I chased the echo of your laugh through empty station halls,
Fingerprints on glass, late trains, and faded mall stalls,
Multisyllabic confessions, tripping over honest lines,
I learned to read the pulse between your pause and signs.
[Pre-Chorus - R&B]
If this is a second chance, teach me how you take the light,
I’ll memorize the small things — how you wake, how you fight.
[Chorus - R&B] (variation)
Back to us, patched and luminous, bruises turned to gold,
We walked through storms, now our story’s retold,
Your laugh found my silence, broke the concrete crust,
We rerouted home—closer now, back to us.
[Verse 3]
Remember the streetlamp where we swore to never fade?
You left a note on the lamppost — I kept it like a blade,
Cut through the static nights, flashing motel signs,
I counted the miles between your phone and mine.
This verse is a ledger of the ways I misplaced time,
Stole nights for neon solace, traded truth for rhyme,
But there’s a turning in my chest — compass shifting trust,
I parked, took off my coat, walked the alley back to us.
[Bridge - R&B]
If this is the last chance, I’ll learn your name again,
I’ll burn a map of my past and start from where we began,
Let the vinyl crackle, let the chorus climb and bend,
Hold me under the streetlight, promise I won’t pretend.
[Verse 4]
You met me by the corner where the bakery bakes noon bread,
We stood like two bookmarks lost inside a book unread,
You smelled like rain on asphalt, like a song mid-verse,
I poured a truth into your cupped hands, rehearsed and unrehearsed.
Internal cadence quicker — heart tap, hat tip, head nod,
Foundations shift when apologies are met and not odd,
We rebuilt with spatulas, coffee, and the little stuff,
Repair by the small things — hand on back, laugh in the rough.
[Chorus - R&B] (variation)
Back to us, healed and luminous, mornings soft and true,
We learned to read the weather of each other anew,
Your skin is my atlas, my patience is the trust,
We rerouted home—this is real n
