Lyric

I don’t check the words with you

Don’t rewrite them in my head

Tell you stories with no ending

Say the awkward parts instead

You catch me halfway through a yawn

Hair a mess, my guard still down

Usually I’d change the subject

You just let the silence hang around

I’m always fixing

Every little thing

But when I’m with you

I forget to edit me

No retakes

You get the version I don’t fix

First words

Before I make them sound polished

I don’t watch myself with you

Don’t pull the best parts into place

You get me first try

No retakes

Took a picture while I laughed

Didn’t ask to see it back

Sent a voice note half asleep

Didn’t listen after that

Missed a word and let it go

Let the whole thing come out wrong

Usually I’d fill the quiet

Now I let it stay that long

I’m always fixing

Every little thing

But when I’m with you

I forget to edit me

No retakes

You get the version I don’t fix

First words

Before I make them sound polished

I don’t watch myself with you

Don’t pull the best parts into place

You get me first try

No retakes

Maybe safe is not a promise

Maybe it’s the things I stop

Checking every little movement

Waiting for the room to drop

Not because you made me better

Not because you changed my mind

I just stop preparing for

The moment I get left behind

No retakes

You get the version I don’t fix

Wrong words

Before I make them make more sense

I don’t brace myself with you

Don’t turn away to change my face

You get me first try

No retakes