[Intro – soft falsetto, filtered] Ooh… You left the light on in my head And I still sleep on your side of the bed Mm, yeah… Funny how goodbye Never really said goodbye [Verse 1] I changed the sheets, I changed the room Moved every picture, changed the perfume Told all my friends I’m doing fine I got real good at wasting time There’s someone new calling my phone But every touch just feels borrowed I laugh too loud, stay out too late Anything to keep you away [Pre-Chorus] But when the city goes quiet And there’s nobody left to fool I swear I hear you breathing Like you never left this room [Chorus] You’re still an afterimage Burned into my eyes Every time I close them You’re there in different light I know that we are finished I know you’re not coming home But my heart keeps missing What my mind already knows [Falsetto Post-Chorus] I-I-I still see you… When the lights go low I-I-I still need you… Though I know, I know You’re gone But you don’t feel gone [Verse 2] I took the long way home again Passed that place we used to pretend That we had everything figured out God, we were good at lying out loud I deleted every message twice First from my phone, then from my life But memory doesn’t work that clean You’re somewhere underneath everything [Pre-Chorus] And when the city goes quiet I lose the version of me Who swears that he’s moved forward And doesn’t check if you still see me [Chorus] You’re still an afterimage Burned into my eyes Every time I close them You’re there in different light I know that we are finished I know you’re not coming home But my heart keeps missing What my mind already knows [Rap – intimate, laid-back, almost spoken] Yeah, Two a.m., blue screen, thumb on your name I don’t hit send, but it feels the same New clothes, new place, new people around Still one old ghost when the sun goes down I said “I’m good”, yeah, I said it enough Maybe repetition turns a lie into love Maybe I don’t miss you, maybe I miss us Maybe I miss who I was when you trusted me once And that’s heavy So I keep it light Make another drink of memories every night No, I don’t want you back… That’s what I say Funny how the truth changes after midnight [Bridge – stripped down, falsetto] If I could erase you… Would I? If I could replace you… Could I? Maybe healing isn’t losing your face Maybe it’s seeing you And feeling nothing someday Someday… someday… [Final Chorus – fuller harmonies] You’re still an afterimage Fading from my eyes Every time I close them You stay a little less tonight I know that we are finished And you’re not coming home Maybe my heart is learning What my mind already knows [Outro – stacked falsettos] I-I-I still see you… But not the way before I-I-I still feel you… Just a little less, a little less You’re gone… And maybe now You’re starting to feel gone.
