Lucky One
Song credits
Written by Cait Leary
- Guitars
- Cait Leary and Kevin Harper
- Cello
- Chelsea McGough
- Keys
- Robbie Crowell
- Percussion
- Aaron Shafer-Haiss
- Engineering
- Nick Bullock at Dog House Studio
and Awake Studio
Nashville, TN - Mixing
- Kevin Harper at kleesounds
Nashville, TN - Mastering
- Adam Grover at Sterling Sound
i know hes not coming home tonight but ill leave the back door open
i think it just hurts a little too much to say hes gone for certain
and ill keep the toothbrush in the jar so its not just me thats waiting
ill be over here on the other side being patient
i know he doesnt miss me but i wonder if he does
i know he doesnt miss me but i wonder if he does
i know hes not gonna change his mind but i calm myself with lies
watching from my window as all the cars drive by
ive been waiting for an hour and then ive been waiting all night
its the same thing i was doing when he let me call him mine
and i know he doesnt miss me but i wonder if he does
i know he doesnt miss me but i wonder if he does
hell and maybe im the lucky one after all is said and done
because he got almost good enough and i got to be in love
yeah maybe im the lucky one cause i got to be in love
Behind the song
I wrote “Lucky One” while trying to think my way through a feeling that had no interest in being reasonable. I could describe what was happening inside my own head with enough confidence to almost believe I was in charge. Somewhere in the middle of all that knowing, though, I kept catching myself wondering.
Writing the song helped me hear those two versions of myself: one carefully laying out the facts, the other quietly leaving the door open. I could make sense of what had happened, but I couldn't make it hurt less. It hurt so much because the love was so big. Maybe that made me lucky. I was still working on the maybe.