There’s a couple by the window Laughing over spilled champagne She fixes his tie while he holds her waist Like loving someone’s easy with the right name I smile when they pass me Like I’m not watching too long Then I reach for another drink And start composing you this song Ghost town heart You left all the lights on when you went away Now every room feels louder Every smile feels staged And I still don’t know what I’m supposed to do with your name Someone’s dancing in the kitchen Barefoot to an old soul track A girl with dark red lipstick Keeps pulling her boyfriend back Everybody here looks certain Like they arrived where they belong And I keep writing little sentences to you Just to stop myself coming undone I want to tell you I’m doing better That would probably hurt you most That I barely think about your voice now Or the nights you held me close But there’s a woman introducing her husband With her hand against his chest And suddenly I remember everything I’ve spent months trying to forget Ghost town heart I wear this smile like borrowed clothes these days I make conversation beautifully Then go home and sit awake Still building little arguments I’ll never have the nerve to say A man I barely know keeps flirting Like loneliness has a scent I laugh at all the right moments Pretend that confidence is effortless And maybe you’d enjoy this party Maybe you’d shine beneath these lights You always did love beautiful people And rooms that blurred the truth at night The orchestra’s playing softly Something slow and out of time A woman wipes lipstick from her glass While her lover kisses the side of her smile And I realise halfway through this letter I don’t hate you like I planned I’m just tired of carrying memories That still reach for my hand Everybody here looks warm tonight And I can’t remember when I stopped feeling that way Ghost town heart I think I finally understand You didn’t leave all at once You disappeared slowly while I still called it love And now I’m learning how to live with empty hands
