The Date

[Intro] [audience cheering and applause] [acoustic guitar strumming, piano chords] [Verse 1] [breathy male vocals] The date was going really well until you said [audience laughter] The date was going really well until you said I've been carrying a secret in my head We'd laugh for hours, stayed until the cafe closed And I was already scared of wanting you the most You kept your hands wrapped tight around your cup Like if you let go, you'd finally give it up I joked around, tried to chase the fear away But your eyes looked like they had too much to say [Chorus] You said, I almost never came tonight Spent years convincing myself love wasn't mine And then I met you, your voice just broke in two [piano builds, drums enter] You said you're dying, and something just stopped inside my chest I kept pretending I was listening, but my heart was fighting for what's left Why didn't you tell me? Why'd you wait until I fell this deep? You cried, because I never thought I'd find someone worth being terrified to keep [driving drum beat, acoustic guitar continues] [Verse 2] You said before me there was nothing left to lose So hiding all the pain was something you got used to You learned to smile while counting borrowed days Never wanting pity, never wanting someone to stay And somehow I appeared and made the future seem less strange And that was when the secret became impossible to say [vocals become more intimate] You whispered softly, I watched myself fall in love And every day I waited, I hated what I'd become [Chorus 2] [full band enters, high energy] You said you're dying, and I hated every word you chose Because the world had just started opening and now I have to let you go Why didn't you tell me? Why'd you carry all this by yourself? You said, because I couldn't stand to watch the look that's on your face right now [Bridge] [intense rock orchestration, brass and strings] I don't care if the stars run out I don't care if the years are few I don't care if tomorrow breaks, I'm still gonna spend tonight with you You started crying, I started too Two broken people holding on to something true And all the plans we made hung trembling in the air Like a prayer that hits the ceiling and falls right back down [Outro] [music softens, piano and acoustic guitar] You said you're dying, but that's not all that I can see I see the girl who never thought that someone else would choose to stay And maybe we're both frightened, maybe love was always meant that way But if your time is running out [crescendo, powerful belt] My love isn't going anywhere (oh-oh) My love isn't going anywhere (oh-oh) The date was going really well until you said I'm dying I'm dying And somehow after all the tears I loved you even more instead I love you [final power chord, audience cheers and applause]