Midnight On Side B

[Intro]

[soft tape hiss

Distant click of play]

You left your sweater

On my chair

Name in the collar

Like you’re still here

[Verse 1]

Blue mug

Cold tea

Glow from the cracked screen

Your ghost on read receipts

Won’t leave me be

Half-moon on the window

Dust on the headphones

Talking to your shadow

On my floor

[Chorus]

You’re the song stuck at midnight

Looping on side B

Every word a little off-time

But it’s all I need

I rewind

Rewind that last night

’til the ribbon creaks

You’re the song stuck at midnight

That never lets me sleep

[Verse 2]

Old texts

Bad jokes

Saved like they’re sacred

Laughing at the punchlines

You never made

Sweatshirt on my pillow

Smells like your shampoo

I keep making small talk

With what’s left of you (oh)

[Chorus]

You’re the song stuck at midnight

Looping on side B

Every word a little off-time

But it’s all I need

I rewind

Rewind that last night

’til the ribbon creaks

You’re the song stuck at midnight

That never lets me sleep

[Bridge]

Maybe in some other track list

We don’t fade out like this

Maybe there’s a cleaner take

Where we never miss

But all I’ve got is this room

And your echo in the air

All I’ve got is this hum

And the shape of you still there

[Chorus]

You’re the song stuck at midnight

Looping on side B

Every word a little off-time

But it’s all I need

I rewind

Rewind that last night

’til the ribbon creaks

You’re the song stuck at midnight

That never lets me sleep

[Outro]

[soft keys detune

Hiss grows]

You left your sweater

On my chair

Guess I’ll keep it

Like you’re still here