She Taught Me Heartbreak

[Verse 1]
You showed up in September
Frayed jeans
Chipped black paint
Laughing at my records
Saying
“God
Your taste is strange”
We blew rent on bad espresso
Shared a scarf in the freezing rain
You traced lines on my wristbone
Said
“Don’t you ever play it safe”
[Chorus]
You taught me what a heartbreak feels like
How it steals sleep right out of my eyes
How a quiet room can sound like sirens
You taught me what a heartbreak feels like
And it feels like
You
[Verse 2]
We carved names in the bus stop
That old glass never stood a chance
You called me at 3 in the morning
Just to say you “liked my hands”
Then one day you changed your number
Left your sweater on my chair
Now your ghost lives in the pockets
Of that stupid jacket I still wear
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] I still keep your coffee mug
On the shelf you couldn’t reach
Still walk past your street too slow
Just to torture me
[ crescendo ] If loving you was learning
Well I passed that class in pain
Now every song about leaving
Just keeps saying your name
[Chorus]

Indie rock shimmer with clean electric guitars, warm bass, and live drums; male vocals start intimate and close-mic’d, then open into a ragged, shout-along chorus. Subtle reverb and double-tracked hooks in the refrain, with a noisy guitar swell in the bridge that crashes into a final, cathartic chorus.