[COLD OPEN] ...the door didn't close all at once... ...it closed slowly... ...and you kept knocking anyway... [VERSE 1 — HER — sultry, knowing, gentle but clear] I watched you fight the current For longer than you should Held onto something fading Like holding on was good The signs were always honest They just said what you wouldn't hear Every ending has a language And yours was perfectly clearFirst the timing kept on breaking Then the distance grew its roots Then the silence learned your number And it called you with the truth I know you loved her deeply I know it wasn't fake But the universe kept closing doors For both your sakes [VERSE 1 RESPONSE — HIM — melodic emo rap, raw] Yeah I heard every door close I just didn't want to read it right Kept rewriting the ending Like I could fix it overnight Told myself the timing Was the only thing that broke Not the pattern underneath it Not the writing in the smokeAnd I know what you're saying I been knowing for a while That sometimes loving someone Means accepting the exile But knowing doesn't stop me From still reaching for the phone She's my favorite person And she's gone [PRE-CHORUS — BOTH] (her) The universe was speaking... (him) I just didn't want to listen... (her) Every door it closed was mercy... (him) Felt like demolition... (both) And now the quiet has a weight That understanding doesn't lift Your favorite person Can still be your favorite Even after the drift [CHORUS — BOTH — big pop hook, emotionally open] She don't speak to me no more And I know it's for the best But best don't mean it's easy Best just means it passed the test Of everything the universe Was trying to protect She's still my favorite person In a world where we don't connect (her) Favorite stranger... (him) Favorite stranger... (both) How do you grieve someone Who's still alive somewhere Favorite stranger I hope you're doing well out there [VERSE 2 — HER — more intimate, getting closer to his feeling] I've been there in that silence Where the absence has a face Where you reach for someone's energy And find an empty space It's a specific kind of hollow That nobody warns you about Where the love didn't die angry It just quietly moved outAnd the cruelest part of closure Is it doesn't feel complete You just stop hearing footsteps Of someone on your street And you learn to make that normal You learn to let it be But normal doesn't mean You stopped caring It just means you let them free [VERSE 2 RESPONSE — HIM — more accepting, still aching] I'm not angry at the silence I'm not angry at her name I just miss the person that she was Before it all became This complicated chapter That the universe closed shut Some connections are just casualties Of the life you're building upAnd I'd rather have the memory Of who she was to me Than poison it with bitterness Or beg for what can't be She's somewhere being someone That I don't get to see And she's still my favorite person That's the part that don't leave [PRE-CHORUS — BOTH] (her) The universe was speaking... (him) I finally listened... (her) Every door it closed was mercy... (him) Still felt like demolition... (both) And now the quiet has a weight That understanding doesn't lift Your favorite person Can still be your favorite Even after the drift [CHORUS — BOTH] She don't speak to me no more And I know it's for the best But best don't mean it's easy Best just means it passed the test Of everything the universe Was trying to protect She's still my favorite person In a world where we don't connect (her) Favorite stranger... (him) Favorite stranger... (both) How do you grieve someone Who's still alive somewhere Favorite stranger I hope you're doing well out there [BRIDGE — most honest moment in the song] I don't need her back I just need somewhere to put The version of her That lives in every song I loved Before I knew what it meant To miss someone this specifically She's not a wound She's just a favorite page In a book I closed And sometimes I still reach for it [FINAL CHORUS — biggest version] (first two lines near acappella) She don't speak to me no more... And I know it's for the best... But best don't mean it's easy Best just means it passed the test Of everything the universe Was trying to protect She's still my favorite person In a world where we don't connect (her) Favorite stranger... (him) Favorite stranger... How do you grieve someone Who's still alive somewhere Favorite strange... How do I grieve you?
