She took all of five minutes Forgot me and went back to Hudson So I swallowed my pride And I told her that we'd still be friends She painted bold lines Around her heart Around mine And between us And pretended like I'd never swept her away like I did I listened, I loved I nourished her soul and I changed her I built her right up But she went back to building with him Now he'll read her the headlines And bore her With bland conversation I swear she'll never feel love like the one that we once found ourselves in Well if I was taller I would've made her feel smaller The aesthetics were always her thing And if I was braver then maybe I'd have saved her I might not be back here again Each year on her birthday I seethe in jealous frustration Cause Hudson's beside her And I'm not her everything And when I see their pictures Of dinners and dates And vacations Well it cuts at my core And there's nothing that lessens the sting I told her I was fine And I hoped she'd be happy and blissful But I prayed so hard each night It would fail and she'd come back to me I bit off my tongue Ate my words So that I could look gracious in defeat Because dare I be forthright And tell her how this really feels And now all this walking the high road Has worn down the soles of my feet