Jump

I know I walked slow and I know why
I was feeling out of body, out of mind
if you want to know what I was thinking
I’d tell you words had lost all meaning
there was just the softness of your lips
inside the sweetest kiss that I’ve ever experienced
my back against the door, and it’s just this
holy s**t
holy s**t

isn’t it beautiful that you can’t feel things twice?
that when you start to fall it’s always the first time?
well, I’ve been falling hard for brown eyes my whole life
but yours are careful and they’re softer and so kind

I thought that I might have some trouble trusting
I really should, with all the lies that I’ve been fed
but anything you say to me, I’ll take you at your word
cause honestly, I know it’s genuine

I’ve never met a girl with walls up like you’ve got them
and you can keep them there, you never need to watch them
I won’t come knocking around impatiently
move at your own pace, pretty girl, that’s all I need

funny, I’m used to being the one that needs convincing
but you don’t even have to try
and if you need some patience then I’m giving
giving you all of my time

and I might relearn how it feels to give in
without the fear of it falling apart
and if you decide you want to hang around
just know that I’d never break your heart

so don’t go thinking too hard
because we’ve never done this before
whatever happened in the past
you weren’t mine, I wasn’t yours

so whoever hurt you
well, it wasn’t me
whoever broke my heart
is not the girl next to me

so I’ll be present
don’t want to fall, I want to jump
if I seem hesitant
feel free to push me around

I haven’t said it yet
barely said it to myself
but with you
I feel the walls all coming down

I don’t think I want to protect myself