[Intro] [Soft piano.]
[A phone notification sound]
(Ding...)
I still hear you...
[Verse 1]
When I pinned your last message,
You just laughed and rolled your eyes.
Said, "You're such a sentimental fool..."
I grinned and said, "Yeah... you're right."
You always knew me better
Than I knew myself some days.
Turning ordinary moments
Into memories that stayed.
[Pre-Chorus]
"Don't forget your jacket."
"It's probably gonna rain."
Funny how a simple text
Can outlive all the pain.
[Chorus]
Every little message,
Every little light.
Still turns on a piece of yesterday,
In the middle of the night.
Some people leave footprints,
Some leave melodies...
You left a thousand tiny words,
Still finding their way to me.
[Verse 2]
I still smile at every meme
You swore I'd never get.
Your favourite songs still find me
On the random shuffle set.
Sometimes I catch myself
Reaching for the phone...
Just to tell you something funny,
Before I remember I'm alone.
[Pre-Chorus]
"Drive safe."
"Call me when you're home."
Three ordinary little words...
Now they echo when I'm gone.
[Chorus]
Every little message,
Every little light.
Still turns on a piece of yesterday,
In the middle of the night.
Some people leave flowers,
Some leave memories...
You left a thousand tiny words,
Still finding their way to me.
[Bridge]
[Music falls away. Just piano and strings]
They ask me why one little message
Never leaves the top.
Like somehow moving on means
The memories should stop.
But they never got to know you...
How you'd dance around the kitchen,
Like nobody could see.
How you'd laugh before the punchline,
Then look right back at me.
So no...
I don't keep your last message
Because I can't move on.
I keep it...
Because every time I read it...
For just a heartbeat...
Just one second...
I get you back.
[Silence...]
[Notification sound]
(Ding...)
[Final Verse]
It's been five years this autumn.
The world kept moving on.
Your number doesn't ring anymore,
But somehow you're never gone.
The very last thing that you sent me
Was simple...
Just like you...
"See you later. Love you."
You never knew
How true those words would be.
[Final Chorus]
[Full band. Big drums. Strings.]
Every little message,
Every little light.
Still reminds me love survives
Long after goodbye.
Some people leave this world...
Without a trace to see.
But you...
You left your heart
In a thousand tiny words...
And every time they find me...
For just a moment...
You're still here.
[Outro]
[Only piano.]
[Notification sound.]
(Ding...)
"See you later."
"Love you."
[Fade.]
JonnyOnit
