Verse 1 Your apartment overlooked the river Mine overlooked the train tracks below You said you loved how different we were I didn't know that meant you'd go You'd call me after every party Your voice still tangled up in smoke Tell me things you'd never tell your friends Then disappear before you woke I thought that meant something I really did Pre-Chorus Every time I almost left You gave me just enough to stay Chorus But you never really cared You liked the comfort of my name The way I'd answer every time But you never really cared You liked the feeling of being chosen Not the responsibility And now I'm standing in the wreckage Trying to figure out How I confused attention with love Verse 2 We took a trip along the coastline Seagulls hanging over the waves You spent the whole drive looking outward While I was looking at your face You said, "One day this will be funny" Like we were already a memory I laughed because I thought you were joking You laughed because you knew something I didn't Pre-Chorus Looking back, the ending started Long before the final night Chorus But you never really cared You liked the way I built you up When the whole world let you down But you never really cared You liked knowing I was there More than you liked having me around And now every promise sounds different Now every photograph looks strange Bridge I used to think there was another woman There wasn't. I used to think there was some secret reason There wasn't. The truth was smaller. The truth was simpler. You loved being loved. And I loved loving you. So we stayed. Years longer than we should have. Waiting for a change Neither one of us was making. Final Chorus But you never really cared Not in the way I needed Not in the way I deserved You cared when it was easy You cared when it was convenient You cared until caring required something from you And that's the part that hurts Because if you had been cruel I could've hated you Instead, you were just enough To keep me hoping But you never really cared And I spent so long Learning the difference.
