We Still Show Up

[Verse 1 – Female]
Took your hoodie from the back of the chair
Folded it twice like a quiet prayer
All our photos in a box on the floor
But your cologne still lives in the door
[Verse 1 – Male]
I walk past the café on 9th
See our corner
It stings every time
Barista still asks if you're late
I laugh it off
Say "she’s doing great"
[Pre-Chorus – Both]
Everybody thinks they know
How these endings go
But we left pieces
All over this town
[Chorus – Both (duet)]
We still show up at the same old parties
Stand in circles
Different stories
Our friends say your name
Watch my face
(try not to break, try not to break)
They ask you if I'm doing better
You shrug it off
Change the weather
But I know you still hesitate
When they say my name
We loved for real
It just wouldn’t stay
[Verse 2 – Male]
You heard I moved one stop down the line
Closer to work
Farther from our time
You told Jess you’re glad that I'm fine
But she said your hands shook on the wine
[Verse 2 – Female]
Your brother still likes all my posts
Your mom hearts every stupid joke
I saw your dog in the park last week
He ran to me like you'd never leave
[Pre-Chorus – Both]
Everybody’s keeping score
Of who is hurting more
But we know better
We both lost this war
[Chorus – Both (duet)]
We still show up at the same old parties
Same old songs
Same old stories
Our friends say my name
Watch your face
(you look away, you look away)
They ask me if you started dating
I change the subject
Keep them waiting
But I know you still hesitate
When they say my name
We loved so hard
It just couldn’t stay
[Bridge – Female lead
Male backing]
Did we give up late
Or too soon?
Did we leave our love in that living room?
All those half-packed nights
All the half-meant fights
I still see you
(yeah, I still see you)
[Bridge – Male lead
Female backing]
Are you sleeping now through the rain?
Do you still turn at the sound of my name?
Every crowded space feels like empty space
When I don't have you
(when I don't have you)
[Bridge – Both]
We weren’t wrong
We were right at the wrong time
Right at the wrong time
[Chorus – Both (overlapping duet)]
We still show up at the same old parties
(you by the window, me by the door)
Talk around it
Never say "sorry"
(our eyes meet once, then hit the floor)
Our friends say "you two were perfect"
"Some things break and they stay that way"
But I know you still hesitate
When they say my name
(when they say your name)
We loved for real
It just couldn’t stay
[Outro – Both]
If they ask
Tell them
We tried
We tried
If they ask
Tell them
We’re fine
We lie
Same friends
Same town
Different sides of the room
We still show up
Just not as me and you

Modern pop ballad duet with male and female vocals trading leads; close-mic intimacy over gentle piano and soft pads. First verse sparse, then subtle drums and warm bass lift the choruses. Call-and-response harmonies and overlapping lines in the duet sections, with a bridge that strips back to piano and stacked vocals before a final, bigger chorus swells then fades to a bare vocal ending., sad, female vocals