Drive It Back

Verse 1
You said, “Come out, don’t overthink”
So I met you by the streetlight flicker
You were leaning on your car like
You had somewhere better

We drove with nowhere really planned
Windows down, your hand in mine
You talked fast, I laughed like
I could keep up this time

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Pre-Chorus
And I swear it felt like something real
But you always liked the way it feels

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Chorus
You pull me close, then you pull away
Like I’m just another phase you’ll shake
You say my name like it means something
Then disappear like it was nothing
And I don’t even want you like that
But I hate that I keep coming back
To the nights that almost felt right
In your car, under streetlight

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Verse 2
You’d text at 2 like “are you up?”
Like I was someone you could call
But never asked me in the daylight
Never showed me off at all

I learned your songs, your favorite bars
The way you’d talk about your past
Like if I stayed a little longer
Maybe I’d be something that lasts

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Pre-Chorus
But every time I get too close
You turn it into almost

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Chorus
You pull me close, then you pull away
Like I’m just another phase you’ll shake
You say my name like it means something
Then disappear like it was nothing
And I don’t even want you like that
But I hate that I keep coming back
To the nights that almost felt right
In your car, under streetlight

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Bridge (builds, more raw)
I don’t miss you, I miss the drive
The way it felt to feel alive
The almost kiss, the almost stay
The almost words you didn’t say

And I hate that I still replay
Every second like it’ll change
Like maybe if I get it right
You won’t leave me this time

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Breakdown (soft, guitar-led)
But you always do
Yeah, you always do

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Final Chorus (bigger, more emotional)
You pull me close, then you pull away
Like I’m just another phase you’ll shake
You say my name like it means something
Then leave me here with nothing
And I don’t even want you like that
But I hate that I keep coming back
To the nights that almost felt right
In your car, under streetlight

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Outro (fading, nostalgic)
Yeah, we were something for a minute
Guess you never really meant it

indie rock / alternative with a nostalgic, driving energy.