Letras
I met her by the bus stop, rain pooling at our feet
She had that rebel smile that made the storm feel incomplete
Said she hated this town, said she'd burn the whole place down
And I believed her cause I dreamed of watching every street fall to the ground
We were too young to know better, too old to play it safe
Spent nights mapping constellations on the scars we tried to trace
She kissed me like a warning, like she knew I'd never cope
But lust don't feel like danger when you're clinging on to hope that someone sees you
She wrote her name on my arm in biro, said there now you won't forget
Funny thing is, I still haven't yet
We were heartlines and headlines burning too fast
Making front page promises we knew might never last
Two kids lighting matches in a petrol-soaked June
Falling into feelings we mistook for truth too soon
Yeah, we were heartlines and headlines
Trying to outrun our past
Her mom worked double shifts, her dad lived down the road
She carried all her heartbreak in a battered leather coat
We'd lie on broken benches, talk about the lives we'd make
Pretend the cracks beneath us weren't waiting just to take
What little peace we found
She taught me how to dare, showed me how to lose
Said"loving someone's dangerous, but not loving's worse, choose"
We carved our names in bus shelters like we owned the world
Turns out ink don't keep you steady when the storm begins to swirl
But God, we tried to hold it, two lonely hearts ablaze
Some stories aren't for keeping, just forgetting through the days
We were
Heartlines and headlines burning too fast
Making front page promises we knew might never last
Two kids lighting matches in a petrol-soaked June
Falling into feelings we mistook for truth too soon
Yeah, we were heartlines and headlines, trying to outrun
Run our past
Years on, I heard she moved to London, started over in the east
Sometimes I picture her still running, chasing storms she'll never beat
And me, I kept a lighter she once pressed into my hand
Said if life ever goes dark, spark it up and take a stand
I never used it, but I keep it, cause she taught me who I am
Heartlines and headlines, ink that wouldn't dry
Two kids trying to write their names across a washed out sky
We were heartlines and headlines burning too fast
Making front page promises with truth we never had
Two sparks in the chaos of a long forgotten June
Trying to build a future in a borrowed little room
Yeah, we were heartlines and headlines, but God what a blast
Sometimes the love that doesn't last
Is the one that saves you
From the past