TRACK 03 — SOMEONE I DON’T KNOW [Intro — washed electric guitar, distant city ambience, sparse piano] Haven't seen your name light up my phone in a while Funny Thought that'd be the part that hurt [Short pause] Then I saw you [Chorus — haunting melodic hook, wide vocal doubles] You look like someone I know, know, know But you don't feel like home, home, home Same eyes, same lips, same coat How'd you turn into someone I don't know? We got memories everywhere I go But the people in 'em don't exist no more Same name I used to know by heart Now you're someone I don't know [Post-Chorus — airy vocal layers] Someone I don't know Someone I don't know You used to feel like home Now you're someone I don't know [Verse 1 — close-mic conversational sing-rap] Saw you downtown Walking with your friends I almost called your name Like nothing ever ended Took one step forward Then I stopped where I stood 'Cause you looked exactly like you But somehow nothing felt like it should Different way you carry your shoulders Different laugh when somebody spoke Different kind of light in your face Like you finally learned how to let me go And maybe that's good Maybe that's what time was supposed to do But I spent so long missing the old you I never thought I'd meet the new you [Pre-Chorus — melody rises slowly] I knew every scar Every fear Knew your voice before the tears Knew when something wasn't right From the way you said, “I'm fine” Now I couldn't tell you What you're thinking tonight [Chorus — full drums enter] You look like someone I know, know, know But you don't feel like home, home, home Same eyes, same lips, same coat How'd you turn into someone I don't know? We got memories everywhere I go But the people in 'em don't exist no more Same name I used to know by heart Now you're someone I don't know [Post-Chorus — vocal echo] Someone I don't know And maybe you could say the same Someone I don't know Maybe I changed too [Verse 2 — tighter melodic pocket, restrained confidence] I heard you're doing good For once That didn't ruin my night Didn't check who you were with Didn't wonder if you looked happy without me Alright Maybe that's progress Small, but I'll take it Used to hear your name And every wall inside me would cave in Now it just feels strange Like hearing an old song I knew every word to once Still remember the melody But don't really sing along I knew your coffee Your side of the bed What you'd say when you couldn't sleep Now I don't know What keeps you awake Or who you call when it gets too deep And you don't know mine New scars New friends New places I've been Whole chapters happened After our story ended Guess that's how strangers happen Not all at once Little by little Until one day There's nothing left to ask [Pre-Chorus — wider harmonies building] How can I know What your hands feel like And not know Who you are tonight? How can somebody Be that close once Then feel this far from my life? [Chorus — emotional peak] You look like someone I know, know, know But you don't feel like home, home, home Same eyes, same lips, same coat How'd you turn into someone I don't know? We got memories everywhere I go But the people in 'em don't exist no more Same name I used to know by heart Now you're someone I don't know [Bridge — drums disappear, bare piano and vocal] Do you ever see an old picture And stare a little longer than you should? Two people smiling at a camera Thinking love alone would make us good I used to think I missed you All of you Every part But maybe I was missing Who we were before it got hard Maybe I don't miss your voice Maybe I miss the way mine sounded around you Before every conversation Started feeling like something to survive through [Pause] Maybe that's what I've been grieving Not you Not me Us Before we became this [Build — soft kick begins, guitar motif returns] And I don't hate you I don't need to I don't need you back I don't need an ending better than the one we had I just finally understand [Final Chorus — altered hook, warmer melodic lift] You look like someone I knew, knew, knew And I know I'm different too, too, too Same eyes, same face, old truth We became people we never knew Got those memories everywhere I go But I don't need 'em to be us anymore Same name I once knew by heart You're someone I used to know [Final Post-Chorus — layered harmonies, restrained release] Someone I used to know Someone I used to know You don't have to feel like home You can be someone I used to know Someone I used to know Someone I used to know And maybe that's okay Maybe that's letting go [Outro — guitar and room tone only] I thought letting go Would feel like forgetting you It doesn't [Pause] It just feels like knowing You're not mine to know anymore
