You don't stay in one place, even when you're standing still
I keep trying to read you, but you don't sit still
Southern color on your skin, I don't know what it means
I just know when you leave, it stays on me
I'm not, I'm not, I am not
Your southern color in your face, no, no, no
I'm not someone who stays, southern color on my face
Something I never caught
I never knew what I could be when you were looking at me
So I let it slip away, it was never meant to be

You move like you already left, even when you're still here
I learn the shape of your absence more than I learn you
I don't ask where you go or who you become
I just stay in the space you forget I'm in

I'm not, I'm not, I am not, I'm not, I'm not
I am not your southern color in your face
No, no, no
I'm not someone who stays
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not
Southern color on my face, something I never caught
I never knew what I could be when you were looking at me
So I let it slip away, Iit was never meant to be

If I stayed a little longer, would it change anything?
Or would I still dissolve in the outline of your leaving?
I try to hold the moment, but it doesn't hold me back
I disappear in quiet, and you never look back

No, not no, I'm not someone who stays
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not
Southern color on my face, something I never caught
I never knew what I could be when you were looking at me
So I let it slip away, it was never meant to be