As If

You always come back Like no time has passed There's that message again “Hey, how are you?” Like we didn’t already do this Over and over I used to wait for your name to light up my screen Now it just feels predictable You still think there’s something here That says more about you than it does about me As if I’d go back there As if I forgot what it felt like You reach out like time hasn’t moved Like I’ve been exactly where you left me I haven’t You’re just someone I used to know Who doesn’t realise that’s all you are now As if I see you watching everything Keeping just enough distance To never have to mean it You don’t ask real questions You don’t stay long enough for answers It’s the same pattern Just older I changed without you noticing And now you don’t recognise the version of me that moved on As if I’d go back there As if I’d reopen something I already closed You show up like it’s nothing Like you didn’t leave it in pieces I put that version of me back together Without you You don’t get access to her anymore As if You don’t miss me You miss the idea that I was always there That I’d answer That I’d care I don’t One day you’ll stop typing my name Or maybe you won’t Either way It doesn’t reach me anymore