The Dust Settles Different

I remember that Friday night,

Parked out by the county line,

You were laughing with your best friend,

I was just happy you were mine.

I never checked your phone,

Never told you where to go.

Figured love was trust enough,

Guess there’s some things I didn’t know.

You’d light up talking ‘bout your friends,

The fair, the band, the things you’d do.

And I never wanted to take that away,

I just wanted some room for me too.

I was talking ‘bout next summer,

You were trying to make it through the week.

I was looking at forever,

You were scared of what it’d mean.

Now the dust settles different

On this old gravel road.

I’m still driving past your driveway,

Still carrying that load.

And everybody says you’re happy,

That you’ve already moved on.

There’s another boy beside you

Where I thought I’d belong.

I ain’t saying you betrayed me,

Ain’t saying you did me wrong.

But it’s hard not to wonder

When your heart was already gone.

I would’ve stayed through every hard day,

Every fight and every storm.

But love can’t make somebody stay

When they’re wishing for something more.

So I’ll put your name in the rearview,

Let the headlights fade away.

Some dreams end at forever,

Some just end someday.

And the dust settles different

When you’re the one left behind.

You can’t blame the wind for blowing,

But you still miss what was mine.