Just Around The Corner

[Verse 1]
You said
“next year we’ll get a place”
I was tracing floor plans on your face
You were half here
Half on your phone
Names I didn’t know
Laughing in your tone
You kept my toothbrush in a drawer
Never on the sink like it was yours
Every key on your ring
But not my door
Every promise like a thrift store metaphor
[Chorus]
You kept forever just around the corner
You drew a house we never moved into
You held my hand out in the open
While you were saving space for someone new
I packed my hope inside your dresser
You packed your lies like they were true
You kept forever just around the corner
And I kept walking toward you
[Verse 2]
You’d say
“I swear
You’re all I need”
Then dodge my eyes
Change the speed
Of the car when I’d bring up June
Wedding jokes hanging heavy in the room
There was lipstick on your coffee cup
Wrong shade
Wrong shape
Story spun up
“I’ve had that for months
” you said
But the stain was fresher than our bed
[Chorus]
You kept forever just around the corner
You drew a life we never stepped into
You left your jacket on my chair
But never left a single thing of you
I hung my dreams beside your shadow
You hung your heart where I can’t move
You kept forever just around the corner
And I kept walking toward you
[Bridge]
Funny how you’d talk about a baby name
Then change the subject when I did the same (oh)
You built a future out of air and wine
While you were busy crossing every other line
Was I a layover between your flights?
A porch light burning through your nights?
You kissed my head like I was home
Then checked your texts
Already gone
[Chorus]
You kept forever just around the corner
Like a storefront window I looked through
You tried on vows in quiet moments
Then slipped them off when I needed proof
I left my key on your table
You left your ghost in every room
You kept forever just around the corner
Now I’m finally turning
Too

rock, Intimate indie folk-blues with female vocals; warm fingerpicked acoustic plus a dusty hollow-body electric sliding in on the downbeats. Verse one stays close and conversational, subtle brushy drums and upright bass. Chorus widens with gritty harmonies, tambourine, and a slight drive on the electric guitar. Bridge leans into a raw, almost-spoken delivery, then last chorus eases back to a resigned, bittersweet hush., folk, indie folk, blues, female vocals, singer-songwriter