(Bass-forward, late-night city energy)
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INTRO
(Muted guitar stabs, dry drums, bass slides in slow and confident)
Streetlights buzzing like they know our names
Another night pretending this is new
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VERSE 1
Talking in circles at two in the morning
Same old streets, same cigarettes
You’re leaning close like you’ve got something
But you’re just tracing the alphabet
You say my name like it’s accidental
Like it just slipped out your mouth
We dodge the point, stay ornamental
Like honesty might kill the crowd
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PRE-CHORUS
And I can tell by the way you stall
You’re rehearsing the exit call
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CHORUS
You only call when you’re bored
Say you miss me — nothing more
Chemistry with no follow-up plan
Just sparks dying where they land
We almost meant something
But almost’s all we do
Dancing around what we both know
Like it’s safer not to choose
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POST-CHORUS
(Backing vocals, laid-back)
Almost… almost…
Yeah, we’re really good at almost
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VERSE 2
You play it cool like it’s second nature
I play along, but it’s wearing thin
We talk in jokes, never future tense
Like tomorrow’s some kind of sin
You say you’re fine with how this is
Like drifting’s better than a stop
I lost interest before I lost you
Guess I quit before it dropped
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PRE-CHORUS 2
Pretending not to care’s exhausting
But it looks good under neon lights
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CHORUS
You only call when you’re bored
Wrap it up as déjà vu
Too cool to admit I miss you
So I let my silence do
We almost meant something
But timing loves a joke
Acting casual about serious things
Till the feeling finally broke
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🔥 BASS BREAKDOWN (NEW SECTION)
(Drums drop to hi-hats, bass comes front and center — slick, rolling, hypnotic)
(Spoken / half-sung, cool delivery)
We sit shoulder to shoulder
Not saying a word
Your knee against mine
Like it means something
(Bass walks, guitar flicks)
I watch you check your phone
Like you’re waiting on permission
To leave me halfway known
(Instrumental groove rides for 8–12 bars)
(Bass solo groove — head-nod section)
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BRIDGE
(Full band comes back, slightly heavier)
I’m not as mysterious as I pretend
Just quiet when it gets too real
You see right through the armor
But we never say what we feel
You dance around it, I light another
Both of us too proud to bend
We could’ve been something dangerous
But we settled for pretend
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FINAL CHORUS (EXTENDED)
You only call when you’re bored
And I still pick up sometimes
I say I’m over it, sure
But I rehearse you in my mind
We almost meant something
Yeah, I know that’s not enough
But almost feels like modern love
When no one wants it rough
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OUTRO (SLOW BURN)
(Instruments strip back — bass + soft drums)
Talking in circles at two a.m.
Same goodbye, different night
If this was ever more than habit
We were too cool to get it right
(Bass fades out last, alone)
ReapEternal
