[Verse 1]
It’s two in the morning again
The house is quiet as a grave
I count the headlights through the blinds
Watch them come and fade away
I’ve tried sleeping on the thought
I’ve tried drinking it numb
But every road I take at night
Somehow leads back to one
You
Not your voice, not your hands
Just the shape of what could’ve been
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know better
God, I know better
Than to build a life inside my head
[Chorus]
But I want what never happened
I want all the years we missed
I want every almost-conversation
Every goodbye that should’ve kissed
I want the version of this story
That reality won’t let me keep
It’s two in the morning
And you’re still the thing
That steals my sleep
[Verse 2]
There’s a jacket on my bedroom chair
Thrown there weeks ago
And somehow seeing it tonight
Makes me feel alone
Funny how the smallest things
Can pull a thread apart
Leave your name hanging from it
Like a loose stitch in my heart
I imagine grocery store aisles
Rain against the car
Laughing over nothing much
Wondering where you are
Then I remember
None of it exists
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know better
God, I know better
Than to mourn a life I never lived
[Chorus]
But I want what never happened
I want all the years we missed
I want every almost-conversation
Every goodbye that should’ve kissed
I want the version of this story
That reality won’t let me keep
It’s two in the morning
And you’re still the thing
That steals my sleep
[Bridge]
Maybe that’s the cruelest part
Not losing you
Not being left behind
Not heartbreak
Just carrying something gently
For so long
It starts feeling like your own name
Maybe I’d be happier
If I hated you
If there was something to blame
Instead you’re just a person
And I’m just awake
Again
[Final Chorus]
I want what never happened
And I know I always will
I want the house, the winter evenings
The empty side of every sill
I want the life I made around you
When the world was standing still
It’s two in the morning
The city sleeps
But I never will
[Outro]
The streetlights flicker
The sky turns blue
Morning always comes
Before I stop wanting you