Intro – instrumental]
Filtered synth pulse
Distant city noise
Clock ticking, reversed reverb
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[Verse 1]
I count the days on the back of my hand
Coffee’s cold, but I hold it anyway
Neon dripping down the windowpane
Everyone’s moving, I stay the same
Your shadow passes me on the street
Didn’t turn around, didn’t say my name
Time expires quietly at midnight
Still I keep your echo in my brain
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[Pre-Chorus]
I walk fast so I don’t feel it
Headphones loud so I can’t think
Every face feels almost familiar
Every love just out of reach
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[Chorus]
Love comes with an expiration date
I read the label, but I stayed
If I miss you by a second too late
Would you still remember my face?
We move like strangers in slow motion
Under flickering fluorescent light
If this is all just a moment
Let me live in it tonight
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[Verse 2]
Messages unsent, still saved
Your voice lives in the radio waves
I talk to myself in empty rooms
Pretend I’m waiting, not wasting time
The city breathes between the beats
Someone laughs, someone leaves
I wonder if you’re thinking of me
Or if I’m just passing through your dreams
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[Pre-Chorus]
Every street feels like déjà vu
Every song feels like you
I replay the same four seconds
Like it might change if I do
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[Chorus]
Love comes with an expiration date
I read the label, but I stayed
If I miss you by a second too late
Would you still remember my face?
We move like strangers in slow motion
Under flickering fluorescent light
If this is all just a moment
Let me live in it tonight
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[Bridge – spoken / half-sung]
Maybe we were never meant to last
Just overlap for a moment in time
Like passing trains, like midnight rain
Like a thought you almost say out loud
I don’t need forever
Just one honest minute
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[Final Chorus – stripped then builds]
Love comes with an expiration date
But tonight I’ll let it stay
If I miss you by a second too late
I’ll still memorize your face
We move like strangers in slow motion
City glowing, hearts collide
If this is all just a moment
I’ll live in it
I’ll live in it
Tonight
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[Outro]
Synth fades
Footsteps
City hum
Clock stops
