Zoe Elizabeth Violet - When I Look at You Lyrics

Promises
Stale in the air
The broken jagged pieces of this love affair are cutting it close
So close to home
Old echoes of your voice keep me holdin' on

'Cause when I look at you
I see all the things I've hoped and dreamed would find their way to me
When I hear you speak oh I can't believe it's true
When I look at you I know I love you

I usually hold back what I'm thinkin' throughout every conversation but with you
I can pour out everything
I've known a lot of guys who like what I wear but you talk about my smile baby well
You're the reason that it's always there

Swore I'd never give up on forever
Swore I'd always be there if you were standing at my door
I promised if your life turned upside down and you don't recognize the mirror
I'd be here
Told you I'd be here

But then you walked away, said that you needed space
I understand babe and I promised to wait but then your words turned cruel
You aimed for my weakest places

She better laugh at your jokes, better remind you of what we all know
You're so beautiful
She better see the good I saw, be there when the bad comes to call
And stay to catch you when you start to fall
And push everyone away
Like you always do

Oh, when I look at you
I see something in your eyes you won't admit to
And when I look at you on the edge of goodbye
"Take care of you" I try to whisper one last time

I won't glance back
Over my shoulder 'cause I know

If I look at you
I'll see all the things I love and thought were mine
'Cause all this time
I was looking at you
And I was falling in love
But you were falling away