[Intro] Old pics in a shoebox Dust on the frame, but your smile still glows I keep telling myself, "Move on, move on" But my hands won’t close [Verse 1] We were kids in the back of the bus Headphones split, same song, same crush You drew hearts on my wrist with a pen Said, "If this ever fades, we’ll just draw it again" Graduation gown dragging in the rain You laughed, said, "Nothing’s ever gonna change" Fast-forward now, I’m talking to the ceiling fan Arguing with air like it understands Your sweater on my chair like a ghost that stays Coffee getting cold, two cups, one plate You said you had to find yourself, find space But all I ever found was your side of the bed erased I replay the last fight frame by frame How my pride spoke first, then your face turned grey All those words I can’t pull back Like receipts for a love I can’t refund or exchange Friends say, "Bro, just delete her page" But I scroll like a habit I can’t break Watching stories like they’re scenes from a life Where I’m stuck in the trailer, you’re already on stage Every little memory a landmine Every street we walked got a tagline Every joke we had, I can hear the laugh It’s like half of my past still wants you back [Pre-Chorus] I keep cleaning up your side of the closet Still find notes in the back of my wallet Tell myself, "This is it, let it be" But every ending keeps circling back to "we" [Chorus] [male + female vocals, call and response] I love you, but it’s hard to let you go (Why’s it so hard?) Every time I say goodbye, my heart says "hold" (Just hold on) I keep reaching for your hand in the dark Like you’re still here, like you’re not that far I love you, but it’s hard to set you free (So hard to breathe) You keep living in the in-between of me (I can’t leave) Every step I take away just walks me home To you It’s hard to let you go [Verse 2] You left your book on the second shelf Folded page where the two kids fell In love, then walked in different directions Said, "Some endings feel like protection" I didn’t get it then, I get it now How saving yourself can still feel foul How you can be the hero and the hurt Same story, different angle of the burn I drive past your street, take the long way round Turn the music up, but I hear your sound That off-key hum when you sang along You never hit the notes, but you owned the song Ma asks why I’m eating less these days Dad just nods, he’s seen this phase He said, "Son, sometimes love don’t stay But the part it wakes up in you, that part remains" I’m trying to believe that, trying to grow Trying to water the seeds from what we sowed But every time I see your name on my phone My resolve gets weak, my spine turns slow "How you been?" text sitting on read Three dots popping like they’re in my head Do I answer, do I guard this peace? Or do I let you crash through my calm like a breeze? [Pre-Chorus] I keep standing at the door of a life brand new But every handle looks shaped like you Tell myself, "This chapter’s finally closed" Then I hear your laugh in my clothes [Chorus] [male + female vocals in harmony, bigger drums] I love you, but it’s hard to let you go (Why’s it so hard?) Every time I say goodbye, my heart says "hold" (Just hold on) I keep reaching for your hand in the dark Like you’re still here, like you’re not that far I love you, but it’s hard to set you free (So hard to breathe) You keep living in the in-between of me (I can’t leave
