Midnight Drives, Love Forever

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Midnight drives Windows down Banawang to Poblacion Didn’t know back then The girl I used to stare at in highschool Would become my whole life Verse 1 You were Mary Grace Fernandez Quiet smile, soft eyes, white shoes in the hallway I was just a kid from Poblacion Trying not to look too obvious when you passed my way Then life happened I left for college trying to outgrow the feeling Thought distance would erase your name But somehow your memory kept on breathing Then one afternoon in the middle of the palengke Our eyes met like time never moved Heartbeat rushing like an old song replaying Like the universe pushed me back to you I added you on Facebook that same night Trying hard not to seem excited Then you called me “ate” with a laughing emoji God, you have no idea how hard I smiled at it Pre-Chorus I still remember your prom night Secretly handing you a red rose under city lights And on your graduation day A blue rose just to say “You’ve always been my favorite color anyway” Then we had our first real conversation In front of BDO, nervous and shaking And somehow after that Everything started changing Chorus Iloveyou, lifetime That’s what we always say at 2AM While driving the Corolla Altis Through empty streets and city rain Coffee from Starbucks melting in our hands Playlist low while you lean against me We were two tired souls bleeding through life But somehow healing each other gently And if the world gets loud again tonight Just stay here by my side Mary Grace Fernandez You’re my home, my peace My iloveyou lifetime Verse 2 April 9, 2015 The night our hearts stopped hiding No fireworks, no movie scene Just two people finally deciding We grew up learning pain too early Trying to survive our own battles quietly But loving you felt different Like finally breathing slowly There were nights we drove with nowhere to go Just circling roads while talking about life Windows fogging up from the cold air outside While your hand rested softly over mine And I swear your laugh heals parts of me Nobody else could ever reach You loved me in ways that felt safe Even when life turned incomplete Pre-Chorus 2 From Banawang to Poblacion I’d still choose every road that leads to you Even if loving gets difficult Even if the sky turns blue Because every scar I carry now Feels lighter when you hold me close You became the kind of love People spend their whole lives looking for Chorus Iloveyou, lifetime That’s what echoes every time you smile Inside this old Corolla Altis While we chase city lights for miles Cake at midnight, random roadside stops Slow dancing beside convenience stores We were never perfect people Just perfectly trying to heal what hurt before And if tomorrow breaks us down again I’ll still reach for your hand Mary Grace Fernandez You’re my favorite feeling My iloveyou lifetime Bridge Maybe God let our story wait So we could love each other the right way Because after all the years and distance You still feel like my safest place No matter how far life takes us No matter how heavy the world becomes I’d still choose you In every version of this life Final Chorus Iloveyou, lifetime Even when we’re old and grey someday Still driving that Corolla Altis While our favorite songs softly play Still healing each other quietly Still laughing over coffee stains Still choosing one another Through every joy and every pain Mary Grace Fernandez From my highschool crush To my forever person My iloveyou… lifetime