Sans titre

[Verse 1]
Met you in a hallway
Wristband on your arm
Paper cup of coffee
Shaking through the charm
You laughed at my bad joke
Said “this place feels like a cage”
We traded little stories
Trying to turn the page

You said your mama’s from a nowhere town in Georgia
I froze and said
“my grandma grew up there”
Same church
Same diner
Same red clay on your sneakers
Felt like somebody answered a prayer

[Chorus]
How could it be you’re from my grandma’s road
Sitting in this rehab
Carrying my load
We counted up the days
Checked off the chart
Two lost hearts learning how to start
Thought we were just friends
Holding on tight
Didn’t see the spark in the fluorescent light
Renaissance in Georgia
I swear it’s fate
Didn’t know I loved you ’til it felt too late

[Verse 2]
We’d walk that tiny garden
Timing smoke breaks with the stars
Talking ’bout the wreckage
All the broken bits and scars
You’d hide your hands in sleeves when you got scared
I’d crack another joke
Pretend I never cared

Movie nights on metal chairs
Plastic cups of Sprite
You’d nudge my shoulder
Whisper
“we’ll be alright”
We made a deal to call when we got out
Two soft voices fighting back the doubt

[Chorus]
How could it be you’re from my grandma’s road
Sitting in this rehab
Carrying my load
We counted up the days
Checked off the chart
Two lost hearts learning how to start
Thought we were just friends
Holding on tight
Didn’t see the spark in the fluorescent light
Renaissance in Georgia
I swear it’s fate
Didn’t know I loved you ’til it felt too late

[Bridge]
Months later in the sunshine
Hands dry
Eyes clear (oh)
I said
“There’s this festival
You wanna go this year?”
You wore that flower crown
I wore borrowed chainmail
We laughed at knights pretending not to fail

Turkey legs and tarot cards
Your lipstick on my straw
You leaned in just a little when the crowd began to roar
Your fingers brushed my fingers
Time slipped out of place
I finally saw forever written on your face

[Chorus]
How could it be you’re from my grandma’s road
Now we’re at a fairground
Sharing one cloak
We wandered through the tents
Hearts off guard
Two brave souls dropping down their cards
Thought we were just friends
Till that day
Sunset on the jousting field turned us gray
Renaissance in Georgia
Colored my view
Didn’t know I’d say “I’m in love with you”

[Verse 3]
Later in the parking lot
Ring warm in my hand
I stumbled through a story I never really planned
Said
“From that first hard hallway
To this muddy fairground grass
You’ve been my second chance
My present and my past”

You laughed and you were crying when I dropped down to my knee (hey)
Said
“I’m scared but I’m certain
Will you take this road with me?”
You said “yes” like it was easy
Like you’d waited all along
Two small-town hearts finally hearing the same song

[Chorus]
How could it be you’re from my grandma’s road
From rehab beds to this shining gold
We counted up the days
Now we count the years
Two tired hands learning how to steer
We were just friends
Learning how to cope
Didn’t see the love underneath the hope
Renaissance in Georgia
Look what we found
Two once-broken hearts on holy ground

[Outro]
From a quiet little hallway
To a ring and a name
We turned rock bottom
Into something like a flame