I swear I had it in my hands I swear I put it somewhere safe But some things disappear so quiet You don’t know what they took until it’s late First shirt folded First thing placed Pink little ghost in a pillowcase I can still see it Right where it laid Like my memory’s trying to beat the case I checked the floor I called the place Left my name Retraced my way But proof don’t matter When hurt got weight And “I’m sorry” don’t always translate You said it’s not about the shirt It’s what the shirt became A little piece of everything I couldn’t keep the same And I hate that I can see it Even if I don’t agree How something small went missing And somehow looked like me Careless That’s what you called me Careless Like I don’t care at all But I cared enough to search the dark And tear apart my walls Careless Maybe you saw me In every little thing I lost I swear I loved you with both hands But still let something fall It didn’t fit you But it held time One in a million Yours, not mine Hello Kitty on a shirt Now goodbye written in the thread Funny how the smallest thing Can say what neither of us said You wanted that one Not one like it Not a copy Not a fix And I get that now That’s the part that hits Some things can be replaced But not what lived in it I wanted you to know I wasn’t trying to let you down But every missing detail Made a louder sound And maybe I was tired Maybe I was blind Maybe I kept loving you One step behind Careless That’s what you called me Careless Like I don’t care at all But I cared enough to search the dark And tear apart my walls Careless Maybe you saw me In every little thing I lost I swear I loved you with both hands But still let something fall I folded it first Like I was doing it right Packed up your clothes Like I could pack up the fight But love keeps receipts For the smallest crimes A shirt, a silence A thousand times And maybe I’m guilty Not the way you think Not because I never cared But because I missed the brink Because I thought trying later Still counted as trying now Because I knew I loved you But didn’t always know how Careless That’s what you called me Careless And maybe you were right Not because I didn’t love you But I lost pieces in plain sight Careless I wish you saw me Searching harder than before I lost your favorite shirt Then lost you a little more I swear I had it in my hands I swear I put it somewhere safe But some things disappear so quiet You don’t know what they took until it’s late Careless Careless I cared I cared I swear I cared
