What You Meant

I can hear every crack in the road

Out on this highway rolling underneath these wheels

Clear as a bell

I can hear every raindrop cutting through the wind

And bouncing off this cold windshield

Hard as hell, now I know

Still feel those footsteps sinking in the sand

Out on the shore, we were hand in hand

It was way back when

Still hear you calling my name

I was pulling away, you wanted me to stay

You let me in, wish I would've known then

'Cause now I know what you meant

When you looked me in the eye and said that I better love you

'Cause you wasn't gonna hang around 'til I came around enough to

I held it all inside, my stubborn pride wouldn't let me see

Never would've thought takin' being gone to know how much you mean

'Cause now I know what you meant

I was playing it cool, playing hard to get

I was holding back, not giving my heart and soul

I was in control

But I've had enough of this time on the other side of us

Nothing I wouldn't give to go back again

'Cause now I know what you meant

When you said there'll come a day along the way I'll need you back

That I'd wake up one day and realize just what I had

Back then when you said what you said

I guess it didn't make a dent

But I'm hearing you loud after doing without

All the lonely nights I spent

'Cause now I know what you meant

When you looked me in the eye and said that I better love you

'Cause you wasn't gonna hang around 'til I came around enough to

I held it all inside, my stubborn pride wouldn't let me see

Never would've thought takin' being gone to know how much you mean

'Cause now I know what you meant

I can hear every crack in the road

Out on this highway rolling underneath these wheels

Clear as a bell