When U Knew Me

Verse 1
I found myself in an old t-shirt
From a life that doesn’t fit anymore
Same threads, but a different skin
Like I don’t quite belong in it

There’s a girl in those photos still
Laughing like it all felt real
Eyes wide like she didn’t know
How much she’d let go

Pre-Chorus
She didn’t think twice, didn’t overthink
She was right there in everything

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Chorus
I don’t miss you
I miss who I was when you knew me
The way I moved, like nothing could bruise me
Like I was living, not just passing through
I don’t miss us
I miss that version I can’t get back to
The one who felt it all and believed it too
Now I’m just someone she turned into

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Verse 2
I try to find her in what I do
In crowded rooms, in someone new
But she doesn’t show up like before
I don’t recognize her anymore

She used to feel things instantly
Didn’t question every memory
Didn’t hold her breath so tight
Waiting for something to go wrong

Pre-Chorus
Now I see everything too clear
And I wish she could still be here

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Chorus
I don’t miss you
I miss who I was when you knew me
The way I trusted so loosely
Like I had nothing to lose
I don’t miss us
I miss the girl who didn’t undo me
Didn’t analyze every feeling
Didn’t turn love into something to prove

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Bridge (soft, emotional)
Would she even recognize my face now?
Or say I’ve changed too much somehow?
Would she tell me to let it go
Or wonder where she had to go?

I carry her in everything
But she feels like a distant dream

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Breakdown (quiet)
Same name, different life
Same heart, different mind

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Final Chorus (bigger, more emotional)
I don’t miss you
I miss who I was when you knew me
Before everything got so heavy
Before I learned how things end
I don’t miss us
I miss how it felt just to be me
Before I lost her so easily
And I don’t know how to find her again

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Outro (very soft)
She’s somewhere in who I became
But it’s not the same
It’s not the same

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nostalgic indie pop / alt-pop ballad with a dreamy, reflective build.