[Intro: Mellotron strings with subtle guitar accents] [Verse 1] I changed the names and rearranged the details Shifted the scenes to different towns Replaced your eyes with other colors Gave you a different background The melody remained the same Though lyrics drifted far away From what inspired them in the first place From who inspired them anyway [Chorus: Layered vocals with ambient textures] This song used to be about you Before I made revisions to the truth This song used to be about you Now it's about someone who isn't you I've been slowly erasing traces Of your fingerprints from every line This song used to be about you Now I barely recognize the signs [Verse 2: Gentle percussion enters] I changed the chords to sound less tragic Altered the bridge to something new Removed the verse about September When everything we had fell through The story's now so different From what actually took place That you could hear it on the radio And never see yourself inside these words [Bridge: Hypnotic arpeggiator builds] Sometimes transforming memory Is how we finally move beyond Rewriting what we cannot change Until the past becomes a song That anyone could claim as theirs That everyone might recognize The specific becomes universal When we disguise what leaves us scarred [Chorus: Full arrangement with harmonies] This song used to be about you Before I made revisions to the truth This song used to be about you Now it's about someone who isn't you I've been slowly erasing traces Of your fingerprints from every line This song used to be about you Now I barely recognize the signs [Outro: Elements gradually dissolve] But sometimes when I sing it live Your ghost appears between the lines