You were slowly drifting away The night was closing in Streetlight fading on your shoulders Like we'd never been I didn't call, I didn't move I just stood in place Then you turned around for a second And time slowed down it's pace No words between us No reason to stay But something in your silence Made my heart hesitate It was the way you looked back Like you almost changed your mind Like all the years we buried Were still standing in your eyes It wasn't goodbye forever It wasn't over then It was the way you looked back That let me feel us again I've replayed that moment since More times than I can say Every road I've ever taken Somehow ends that way I don't know what you were thinking Or what you felt inside But something broke and something held The second our worlds aligned You didn't run toward me You didn't call my name But your eyes told stories That still echo in my veins It was the way you looked back Like the past refused to die Like love was still remembering The shape of you and I No promises were spoken No hands reached out to bend It was the way you looked back That let the truth slip in Maybe it was fear Maybe it was pride Maybe just one last heartbeat We were both trying to hide But some moments don't need answers They just ask you to feel And that look you gave me Was the most honest thing that was real It was the way you looked back And the world stood still for me Like love doesn't always stay But it never really leaves If that was all we were given Just one glance in the end It was the way you looked back That made it all make sense You kept walking But a part of you stayed