Done with the Chase

Lyrics

[Intro ☕]
(Acoustic guitar, finger-picked, warm and intimate)
(No vocals — 6 bars, simple and unhurried)

[Verse 1 ☕]
I was the one who always called first,
Always the one who'd rehearse—
What to say, how to say it just right,
Setting up another Saturday night.

I'd pour myself out on a first date,
Hoping for something, something like fate—
But they'd smile and they'd laugh
And they'd hold their cards tight—
And I'd drive myself home
Alone in the night.

Months of that, years of that,
Friend zone was my zip code—
I was tired of running
Down a one-way road.

[Verse 2 ☕]
So I made myself a rule one night,
No card, no call, no second invite—
If she didn't move, I wasn't moving again,
I was done being the only one
Putting skin in the game.

One night, five names, five phone calls made,
Five first dates lined up, carefully laid—
I wasn't chasing dreams anymore,
I was looking for the one
Worth looking for.

[Chorus]
[Energy: High]
Done with the chase,
Done with the guess—
Done with reading nothing
Into everything said—
If she wants me she'll say so,
She'll give me a sign—
Done with the chase—
Until she crossed the line.

[Verse 3 ☕]
She'd been writing cards for men who forgot,
Pouring herself out for men who would not—
Notice, reciprocate, meet her halfway,
She was one rejection from walking away.

She'd borrowed my sweater
On that cold autumn night—
And she almost didn't write—
Almost let it go—
One more card for a man
Who might not even know.

But she wrote it anyway,
Tired as she was—
Not because she had to—
Because something in her
Said this one because—

[Pre-Chorus]
[Energy: Building]
And I was sitting by the phone
Waiting on a sign—
Five dates, five women—
Running out of time—

One envelope arrived—
Just one out of five—
A sweater and a note
That said—
I'm glad you're alive.

[Chorus]
[Energy: Explosive]
Done with the chase,
Done with the guess—
Then she came running
Like all the rest—
No, not like the rest—
She came running like someone
Who meant it this time—
Done with the chase—
Till she crossed that line.

[Bridge]
[Energy: Low]
(Guitar drops to single notes)
(Vocal intimate, almost spoken)
We were both so tired,
We were both so done—
Two people running on empty
Toward the same sun—

She almost didn't write it,
I almost didn't wait—
One more day of nothing
And we'd have sealed our fate.

But she picked up that pen,
And I kept the rule—
And thirty-four years later
I'm still that fool—

That fool who waited
For the one who'd chase—
And she's still the woman
Who showed me her face.

[Verse 4 ☕]
[Energy: Low]
Now I want my kids to know
What their mother did—
She didn't wait to be chosen
Like the other women did—

She picked up that pen
When she had nothing left—
Wrote a card for a man
On her very last breath—

Of patience, of hope,
Of believing in more—
And that card was the knock
On the right door.

[Final Chorus]
[Energy: High]
Done with the chase,
Both of us done—
Two people so tired
Of coming undone—
She chased me, I chased her,
We chased each other home—
Done with the chase—
Neither one alone.

[Outro ☕]
[Fade Out]
(Finger-picked guitar, warm and slow)
She chased me...
I chased her...
We chased each other home...
Neither one alone...
Thirty-four years...
And counting...
She still chases me...
I still chase her...
That's how you know...
That's how you know...

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