Young Romance Lyrics

Our eyes locked, he brushed my hand

As he walked by on the way to class

And I think I'm falling in love

(Think I'm falling in love)

He asked me my name to ask for a pen

That was my favorite day, we haven't spoken again

But I'm sure he's falling in love

The way I'm falling in love

Oh, there's butterflies spreading to my chest

When he looks my way, I lose my breath

And my tongue's always tied when I speak to him

When did I become a teenage mess?

Oh, young romance

I miss the innocence

Staying up till one at the sleepovers

To play truth or dare and spill our guts

Young romance

I miss the innocence

When they guess the name of your secret crush

Practice poker face, don't betray me blush

Oh, and the heartbreak was the worst thing

You'd be together a day and cry for weeks

But that's the beauty of being naive

Oh, young romance

Come back to me

Now it's built on lost hope, why won't he reply?

Why doesn't he like my posts even though he's online?

I don't know how to fall in love

Anymore

He only hits me up when he's sad or alone

Cause he knows just how quickly I'll pick up the phone

But he claims it ain't lust

(Claims it ain't lust)

Take me back to a time it was love notes and dates

It was whispers on playgrounds

So sweet in those days

No hookups and make-outs and promises weren't fake

And you could only cheat on tests and in games

Young romance

I miss the innocence

We were so afraid just to hold hands

A fight would last a day, then you'd make amends

Young romance

I miss the innocence

You'd stay on the phone all weekend

Asking questions about "favourite colours"

And "do you have siblings?"

And the heartbreak is so funny now

It all really makes you wonder how

It meant the whole world to us back then

Oh, young romance...

Whisk me away again

When there was no such thing

As friends with benefits

As 'you up?' and 'send pics'

How do I find my fairy tale ending

When my messages are pending?

It's not you, it's me, let's be friends

I need to lower my expectations

Oh, romance,

You took my innocence

You made me learn how it felt to bleed

You threw me in the deep end and I wasn't ready

Oh, romance,

You took my innocence

When all I knew was a schoolgirl crush

You gave me a cheater who gave me a rush

And that heartbreak was the worst thing

For some petty desire, I still can't believe

Just how much it broke with me

Oh, young love

Fuck your cheap drugs

I know it's a trick, I don't need the fix

I don't need the twisted tragic modern narrative

Cause romance?

Well, really, that's all it is