[Verse 1: ] He got the promotion, the offer, the thing they’d been waiting on for two years. Texted her. Got a thumbs-up emoji. So he’s celebrating alone. This one makes the chorus hit hardest — a stranger asks about his day and he actually has an answer. [Pre-Chorus:] Then she takes the empty chair Asks about my day like she wants to hear One drink turns to two, we’re an hour deep And I’m in no hurry to go home to sleep [Chorus:] It shouldn’t feel this good to be noticed Shouldn’t take a stranger to light up my face But I’ve been standing in the shadow Of the guy you used to chase How does somebody I met an hour ago Know me better than you do? [Verse 2: ] I tell the joke you’ve heard a hundred times She laughs like it’s the first one of her life At home it’s two phones and the TV light Whole conversations that fit in “goodnight” My screen lights up and I let it go black I already know it’s not you calling back [Pre-Chorus:] Two drinks turn to three, we’re three hours deep And I’m in no hurry to go home to sleep And I don’t wanna know what that means [Chorus: ] It shouldn’t feel this good to be noticed Shouldn’t take a stranger to light up my face But I’ve been standing in the shadow Of the guy you used to chase How does somebody I met an hour ago Know me better than you do? ] [Bridge: ] I’m not gonna ask for her number tonight I’ll close out my tab, leave the moment behind But you used to ask what I was thinking about Like my answers were your favorite sound Now the only question left between us Is “what’s for dinner?” from across the room It took a stranger asking questions at a bar To show me how quiet you are And maybe I’ve been quiet too Maybe we’ve both been waiting For the other one to go first So I’ll go first — I miss you. And you’re right here. [Final Chorus:] It shouldn’t have felt that good to be noticed Shouldn’t have taken a stranger to light up my face ‘Cause I’m done standing in the shadow Of the guy you used to chase I’m still him, and I’m still here So notice me before I’m gone [Outro] Just watching the ice in my glass melt down Just another face when you’re not around [Rhodes and organ return, slow and fading] You’re still asleep in another time zone But I’ll be here when you wake up [Fade Out] [End]
