Midnight Left on Read

I keep the phone lit in my hand like a small confession

Three dots never came, now I'm reading my own reflection

I said I'm fine, but the room heard the pause on my voice

Acting unbothered while my chest makes a different choice

I left your name on read

Like it wouldn't mean a thing

But the silence got loud

And it still knows how to sting

I'm staring at an unanswered text

Trying to look like I don't care, but I care too much next

To a love that slipped away and left me in the red

The silence hits harder than it could

You said I'm staring at an unanswered text

And I cannot feel the weight of what we never said

Your last words linger like smoke on the edge of the night

I swipe past the memories but they still catch the light

My friends say move on

Like it's something I can decide

But the bed feels half empty on the losing side

I replay the ending

'Til it burns me out of shape

Tryna keep my cool while my heart learns how to ache

I'm staring at an unanswered text

Tryna look like I don't care, but I care too much next

To a love that slipped away and left me in the head

The silence is harder than the goodbye you said

I'm staring at an unanswered text

And I cannot feel the weight of what we never feared

Maybe I wanted closure more than I wanted you back

Maybe there's the hurt in the quiet little gap

If you never die, I still have to let it go

But tonight I'm not that strong

And you already know

I'm staring at an unanswered text

Tryna look like I don't care, but I care too much next

To a love is that the way you left me in the red?

The silence is harder than the goodbye you said

I'm staring at an unanswered text

Still holding on to hope in the smallest flick of light

I'm staring at an un-answered text

And the quiet says more than the words that never last