[Verse 1]
I kept your coffee cup behind the sink
A chipped blue one you never got to see
I learned the way the morning starts to sting
When every little thing remembers me
[Pre-Chorus]
I tell my friends I’m doing fine
Then lose an hour at the checkout line
[Chorus]
You left before you met me
Before I knew your favorite song
Before you could regret me
Before I got the ending wrong
I built a room for someone
Who never stepped inside to see
You left before you met me
And somehow you still took the best of me
[Verse 2]
There’s a jacket on the back of my old chair
I bought it thinking you would like the sleeves
The tag is still attached, it’s waiting there
Like proof of all the things I made believe
[Pre-Chorus]
I pass the park at half past five
And make up reasons you’re alive
[Chorus]
You left before you met me
Before I knew your favorite song
Before you could regret me
Before I got the ending wrong
I built a room for someone
Who never stepped inside to see
You left before you met me
And somehow you still took the best of me
[Bridge]
Maybe I miss the possibility
The almost-love, the person you could be
Maybe goodbye was never yours to say
But I hear it every day
[Final Chorus]
You left before you met me
Before I knew your favorite song
Before you could regret me
Before I got the ending wrong
I built a room for someone
Then watched the dust collect quietly
You left before you met me
And somehow you still took the best of me
[Outro]
You left before you met me
Still, I hope you would have stayed