[Verse 1]
Conversations, running wild through my mind
Am I coming off unkind, or is it just in my head?
Loneliness, rushing in just like the tide
I need some time to unwind, but not enough to bring me back to where I was
But I can see it still, I swear that I can see it still
[Chorus]
But you can't change the way the wind blows through the trees
And how with it we scatter, through the world like autumn leaves
But if you stay close to me
I swear that I will always keep the engine running
[Verse 2]
There was a time when we were all the best of friends
We had no need to pretend, but it's not like that now
Cutting ties, I never meant to see it end
But it was too hard to spend so much time trying to fit into a lie
But I can see it still, I swear sometimes I want it still
[Chorus]
But you can't change the way the wind blows through the trees
And how with it we scatter, through the world like autumn leaves
But if you stay close to me
I swear that I will always keep the engine running
[Verse 3]
I am looking back on the lives that we lived then
How did we lose track of how it felt to still be friends
Oh please take me back to the carefree days of summer
Before we learned that distance signified the beginning of the end
[Chorus]
But you can't change the way the wind blows through the trees
And how with it we scatter, through the world like autumn leaves
But if you stay close to me
I swear that I will always keep the engine running