Paperbacks & Polaroids

[Verse 1]

You were in the aisle

Spine-deep in some old classic

Dog-eared page

Half a smile

Like you knew someone was watching

I stirred my drink too long

Writing names into the foam

You looked up

Our eyes got caught

Like we’d both run out of places to go

[Chorus]

I’m falling in love at the bookstore café

Ink on your fingers

My heart on display

You laugh and the room gets quiet around me

You say my name like you’ve said it all day

I’m falling in love in the softest cliché

Coffee gone cold but I want you to stay

If this is a chapter

I’ll dog-ear the page

I’m falling in love at the bookstore café

[Verse 2]

You said

“I’ve read that one”

Pointed right at what I’m holding

Offered me your favorite

Like a secret you’ve been saving

We shared a crooked table

Chairs that shook with every move

You underlined a sentence

Said

“this kinda feels like you” (oh)

[Chorus]

I’m falling in love at the bookstore café

Ink on your fingers

My heart on display

You laugh and the room gets quiet around me

You say my name like you’ve said it all day

I’m falling in love in the softest cliché

Coffee gone cold but I want you to stay

If this is a chapter

I’ll dog-ear the page

I’m falling in love at the bookstore café

[Bridge]

Maybe in a year

We’ll find that same small table

See our notes inside the margins

Proof that this was never random

You reach for your coat

Then reach for my hand instead (hey)

Outside the windows fog and fade

But in here it all makes sense

[Chorus]

I’m falling in love at the bookstore café

Ink on your fingers

My heart on display

You laugh and the room gets quiet around me

You say my name like you’ve said it all day

I’m falling in love in the softest cliché

Coffee gone cold but I want you to stay

If this is a chapter

I’ll dog-ear the page

I’m falling in love at the bookstore café