[Instrumental Intro] [Solitary Rhodes, cassette hiss | filtered vocal ad-lib] (yeah... mm) [Verse 1] [Dry intimate vocal | minimalist Jersey groove] I found the edge of your friend's bed With somebody's jacket by my feet You were halfway across the room Laughing like you couldn't breathe I knew that laugh before they did Knew the pause before the punch Now I'm watching from a corner Trying not to move too much I smile when somebody looks my way Like nothing's wrong, like I'm okay But I keep catching little pieces Of the place I used to take [Pre-Chorus] [Tension rising, breathier delivery | rapid hats, squeak chops, sub glides] Was that your old joke? The one we never had to explain? I almost said the ending Then I swallowed my name And you're laughing so hard I can barely hear the room Funny how a crowded apartment Can make nobody feel close to you [Chorus] [Whisper-pop hook | full Jersey Club bounce, 808s, vocal chops] Someone else's inside joke Someone else's perfect timing I know that laugh I just don't know where I fit beside it Someone else's inside joke And I'm sitting here pretending Like I don't remember when I was the one you looked for first (looked for first) I was the one you looked for first [Verse 2] [Rhythmic close vocal | stripped kicks, plunk synth] You turn and wave across the room And I wave back on cue You ask me how I've been lately I say, "Good, how about you?" There's a story you start telling But somebody cuts right in You forget what you were saying And I don't remind you where it ends I could leave without a scene Nobody would call it strange Maybe that's the part that hurts Nothing happened, nothing changed [Pre-Chorus] [Building tension, restrained vocal | fast hats, rising filter, snare roll] Except the seat beside you Has somebody else's name And all the little shortcuts Don't work for me the same I hear you lose your breath From laughing at something I don't know And for one stupid second I miss being the person in the joke [Chorus] [Full intimate drop | layered harmonies, pulsing sub] Someone else's inside joke Someone else's perfect timing I know that look, I know that laugh I just don't know where I fit beside it Someone else's inside joke And I'm sitting here pretending Like I don't remember when I was the one you looked for first [Bridge] [Isolated vulnerable vocal | drums cut, spacious pad] Maybe that's all it was A season with an ending Maybe nobody leaves When nobody says they're leaving I thought we'd have some warning A door, a fight, a final word But sometimes you just notice You're not the person being heard (being heard...) [Final Chorus] [Explosive intimate delivery | full Jersey groove, counter-vocals, heavy 808] Someone else's inside joke Someone else's perfect timing I know that laugh, I know that face I just don't have a place inside it Someone else's inside joke And I finally stop pretending I was the one you looked for first Now I'm only here remembering (Someone else's...) Someone else's inside joke (Someone else's...) And I don't need to know the ending [Outro] [Breathy trail-off | stuttering drums, unresolved Rhodes] The room keeps moving without me I let it I let it (yeah...) I used to be the joke you couldn't wait to tell
