Your perfume lingers on my hoodie
Pages torn from your notebook, fold it or I
Keys on the floor, one missing
I replay the silence where we belonged
Streetlamps hung above empty benches
I touch the cracked paint where you carved names
Those postcards lie behind the drawer
Memories ache in their quiet flame
I was never yours
I held nothing but shadows of you
Every smile I chased
Fell apart before it grew
I was never yours
Every word slipped through my hands
I keep pieces of us
in places you’ll never understand
Your scarf caught in the doorway
Still smell the nights I can’t remember.
When the frost cracks with the cold.
Mine is bright before I can hold.
Mailbox stuffed with letters I’ve sent
They whisper things I’ll never forget
Steps of strangers outside the door
Remind me that you’re here no more.
I was never yours
I have nothing but shadows of you
Every smile I’ve chased
Fell apart before it grew
I was never yours
Every word slipped through my hands
I’ll keep pieces of your eyes
in places you’ll never understand
If I could stop time for a breath,
I’d undo the moment we fell apart
If I could speak into the silence,
I’d tell you what I feel in my heart [o-o-o-o-o-oooo-oooo]
I was never yours
Memories cling like broken glass
I trace them carefully
Even though they cut me fast
I was never yours.
Yet I’ll carry you inside
Fragments of a love that never survive the night
I was never yours.
