Use to be us

Verse 1
we don’t talk like we used to
now it’s just “hey” and “how are you”
funny how silence gets louder
than the words we don’t say out loud

I still catch myself remembering
the way you’d look when you were sure
now you look right through me
like I’m just someone you knew before

Pre-Chorus
and I act like I’m okay with it
like I didn’t lose something real
but every little part of me
still remembers how you feel

Chorus
we used to be us, now we’re strangers
same streets but different danger
I don’t know where we went wrong
but I feel it when you’re gone
we used to be fire, now it’s ashes
burned out in all the damage
and I hate that I still trust
what used to be us

Verse 2
I delete every old message
but I read them before I do
like I’m trying to find a version
where I didn’t lose you

you moved on like it was nothing
I’m still stuck replaying scenes
of a love that felt forever
now it’s just what “used to be”

Pre-Chorus
and I act like I’m okay with it
like it didn’t leave a cut
but I still feel your shadow
in every almost-love

Chorus
we used to be us, now we’re strangers
same streets but different danger
I don’t know where we went wrong
but I feel it when you’re gone
we used to be fire, now it’s ashes
burned out in all the damage
and I hate that I still trust
what used to be us

Bridge
maybe time will make it smaller
maybe I’ll forget your name
but right now every memory
still calls out just the same

Final Chorus
we used to be us, now it’s over
I can’t bring myself to close it
I still feel you in my lungs
like a song I can’t outrun
we used to be us…

Outro
but now we’re just what used to be us.