Somewhere Past Lebanon

Verse 1

You said we should talk when I got there So I knew before I left Put an overnight bag beside me Though I knew I wouldn’t need it

I-65 was empty Except a semi up ahead And I practiced being angry At all the things you hadn’t said

Pre-Chorus

Then the radio went quiet And something in me did too

Chorus

Somewhere past Lebanon I stopped trying to change your mind Stopped rehearsing all the reasons We could make it one more time No lightning, no revelation Just your name on an exit sign And somewhere past Lebanon I knew I’d be alright

Verse 2

I remembered your apartment How your shoes blocked half the door How you never finished movies How I always wanted more

And the fight we had in April That we buried underneath All the plans we’d already made And all the things we couldn’t be

Pre-Chorus

Funny how a hundred little endings Can hide inside one goodbye

Chorus

Somewhere past Lebanon I stopped trying to change your mind Stopped rehearsing all the reasons We could make it one more time No lightning, no revelation Just white lines passing by And somewhere past Lebanon I knew I’d be alright

Bridge

By Lafayette I wasn’t crying By Remington I turned it up By the time your street came into view I didn’t need you to be wrong

I just needed us To finally be done

Final Chorus

Somewhere past Lebanon I gave back the life we’d planned Not because I didn’t love you Just because I understand Sometimes letting go is nothing Like the movies make it seem Sometimes it’s an empty highway And finally getting room to breathe

Somewhere past Lebanon You stopped being where I was going And became somebody I’d loved.