[INTRO | soft tape hiss, distant ocean ambience, muted guitar] Yeah… It’s quiet again tonight [VERSE 1 | intimate, restrained] Kitchen light still flickers low Same old chair, same cold smoke Half your sweater by the door Can’t bring myself to move it yet TV talkin’ in the dark I don’t even watch that part Just need noise inside the room So I don’t think about you [CHORUS | catchy, melancholic, simple] Wish you were here instead Lyin’ beside me in this bed Everything feels wrong again Wish you were here instead Wish you were here tonight Tell me everything’s alright Even if it’s just a lie Wish you were here tonight [VERSE 2 | more personal detail] Tried to drive to clear my head Missed your street and turned again Every song sound way too close Like it knows what I avoid You said space would help us heal Funny how it made you real Now your memory hit me hard In the quiet after dark [CHORUS | fuller instrumentation] Wish you were here instead Lyin’ beside me in this bed Everything feels wrong again Wish you were here instead Wish you were here tonight Tell me everything’s alright Even if it’s just a lie Wish you were here tonight [BRIDGE | stripped back, emotional crack] I still leave room for you without thinkin’… Guess some habits don’t disappear [FINAL SECTION | hypnotic refrain] Wish you were here… Wish you were here instead Wish you were here… Even if it hurt again [OUTRO | fading ocean ambience] …yeah Still reach for you sometimes
