Somewhere Close

I still leave a light on

Just in case you find your way

Even though you said goodbye

I keep hoping you might stay

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You’re in the back of every song I write

In the flicker of a streetlamp late at night

Thought I moved on, but my soul won’t lie

Even when I smile, I’m askin’ why

I wear your ghost like a second skin

Every crowd I’m in, I feel you within

You’re not here, but the air still bends

Like the world forgot how this story ends

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And I swear I see you

In reflections that don’t know my name

Every stranger feels like

You in a different frame

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You’re not gone, just somewhere close

In my mind, where the silence grows

I still wait where we used to go

Even if you’re never comin' home

I don’t call, but I check my phone

Still pretend that I’m not alone

You’re not gone, just somewhere close

Somewhere I can’t let go

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Got a hoodie that you once wore

Smells like rain and your old perfume

I still keep it in my top drawer

Like a shrine in my bedroom

I talk less now, but I think more

Replay things I can’t undo

If you ever walk through that door

Would I even recognize you?

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Yeah I feel you in echoes

Like a song I almost knew

Tried to write the ending

But it always turns to you

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You’re not gone, just somewhere close

In my mind, where the silence grows

I still wait where we used to go

Even if you’re never comin' home

I don’t call, but I check my phone

Still pretend that I’m not alone

You’re not gone, just somewhere close

Somewhere I can’t let go

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