[Verse 1] In the back of your car Phone lighting your face You were typing too fast Like you needed the space Little blue typing dots Then they vanish again Say it all in a thread You’d never say in my hands ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Baby, when you’re faded You get conversational Brutal, situational Nothing informational ⸻ [Chorus] You — you only want me when you’re sober When the screen goes dark and over When there’s nothing left to send You — you only touch me when it’s over After messages get colder After flirting with your friends It’s strange to be respected After everything you write You only want me when you’re sober After you’ve been online all night ⸻ [Verse 2] Out with all your friends You’re a ghost in the room But your phone’s wide awake Like it’s filling the void Hearts and little replies You don’t mean, but you do I can see all the lines You would never say through ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Baby, when you’re faded You rewrite the story Leave it in the open Like I won’t see it in the morning ⸻ [Chorus] You — you only want me when you’re sober When the damage’s taking over When there’s nothing left to hide You — you only hold me when it’s over Like I’m something you recover From the version you deny It’s strange to be respected Like a glitch you can’t explain You only want me when you’re sober But I read you when you’re not the same ⸻ [Bridge] Delete it in the morning Like it never happened But I saw it forming While you were still typing You get clean, you get kind You get careful with me But I’ve already seen Who you are on that screen ⸻ [Outro] When you’re messed up, you confess In a language you won’t address It’s strange how you get closer Only when you’re sober
