[Verse 1]
Left my phone on silent
’Cause every name feels like a ghost
Scrolling through the group chat ruins
Seeing all the jokes I loved the most
You said you “had to guard your peace”
(yeah, I get it, I really do)
Still it stings like slammed doors
When the danger you fear is me
Not you
[Chorus]
Everybody drifts away
And I’m the common thread
I keep replaying every word I said
You’re healing
I’m the hurricane
You had to cut me loose
I miss you
But I guess I was the bruise
[Verse 2]
Coffee shops turn haunted
Every booth’s a memory
Your jacket on the back of that chair
Still talks louder than I do
Quietly
Therapist says “it’s not your fault”
I nod
But I don’t feel clean
If I’m not the villain in your story
Why am I erased from every scene?
[Chorus]
Everybody drifts away
And I’m the common thread
I keep replaying every word I said
You’re healing
I’m the hurricane
You had to cut me loose
I miss you
But I guess I was the bruise
[Bridge]
Was I too much
Or too broken?
Too honest
Or too scared?
Did my darkness feel contagious?
Did you think I never cared?
I hope you’re breathing lighter
Laughing in some safer room
I’ll be here with all our photos
Like a friend-shaped empty wound
[Chorus]
Everybody drifts away
And I’m the common thread
I keep replaying every word I said
You’re healing
I’m the hurricane
You had to cut me loose
I miss you
But I guess I was the bruise
(guess I was, guess I was)
I miss you
But I guess I was the bruise