Only When You Changed

Lyrics

Verse 1
At my school, they all looked the same
Big talk, cheap laughs, same old game
Bleachers, lockers, tired cologne
I kept my heart like a locked-up phone

I’d pass them by, like, “Not for me”
Nothing there that I could see
They wore their names like borrowed suits
I wanted more than pretty roots

Pre-Chorus
I kept saying, “Not tonight”
No spark, no sign, no guy feels right
Then something in me stayed awake
Like I was waiting for a shift to take

Chorus
I want the real one
Not the next one
I want the one who feels like home
I want the real one
Not the fun one
Someone I can’t un-know

Verse 2
Then college came with colder halls
Late train rides and after-call
And there he was in the common room
Same old smile, but it hit too soon

We used to joke by the vending machine
Back when we were seventeen
I saw the boy I used to miss
Then his hand brushed mine like this

Pre-Chorus
I tried to play it cool
Like my heart had better rules
But the old me caught the flame
And every time, I knew his name

Chorus
I want the real one
Not the next one
I want the one who feels like home
I want the real one
Not the fun one
Someone I can’t un-know

Bridge
Funny how it turns around
The one I missed is standing now
Not a memory, not a phase
He’s got my whole world rearranged

I thought I knew what love would be
Guess love was always watching me
From the first hello, the last goodbye
To the way he makes me feel alive

Final Chorus
I want the real one
Not the next one
I want the one who feels like home
I want the real one
Not the fun one
Someone I can’t un-know

I found the real one
In the old one
The boy I never looked at right
I found the real one
And it feels so right
Yeah, I let him change my mind