The tears would fall back in my eyes, then

I would unhang up the phone

Then drive backwards on the highway

When I didn't know my world would explode

Then I'd feel you getting distant

And wonder if it's 'cause of her

Then we'd be dancing in the kitchen

And I'd hear you mumble those three words, then

You and me, day and night

Wondering where you been all my life

Then we'd lock eyes for the first time

And everything's alright

If we ended at the start

We'd go backwards to the part

Where I still had a working heart

I'm just pretending

That I could unsay all those words

And you could undo all the hurt

'Cause in that world we would've had a happy ending

Yeah, we could've worked

If I loved you in reverse

But I keep on moving forward

'Cause I guess that's what you do

When there's no way to do it over

And have it end the way I want it to

In the beginning, it was magic

But somewhere in there, you got cold

So sometimes I still imagine

That it's all in my control

'Cause if we ended at the start

We'd go backwards to the part

Where I still had a working heart

I'm just pretending

That I could unsay all those words

And you could undo all the hurt

'Cause in that world we would've had a happy ending

Yeah, we could've worked

If I loved you in reverse

In reverse

The tears would fall back in my eyes, then

I would unhang up the phone

I would start it with goodbye and

I would end it with hello