Used to be

You left your coat here in July

Like you knew you wouldn’t come back

And I keep pretending I don’t mind

But your ghost still knows this flat

I water the plants you named

They’re dying slow, like me

You said, “We’ll be okay”

But you didn’t wait to see

I miss the way you’d talk too soft

Like you were scared to break the night

Now I just talk to the walls

And hope they’ll say I’ll be alright

I still wear your hoodie when I sleep

Try to remember who I used to be

Before I lost you

And you stopped loving me

Your playlist still plays on my phone

I skip every song we danced to

Tried to write it out in a note

But it just said “I miss you”

I don’t go out anymore

‘Cause I see you in every crowd

You said love’s not like before

But I’m still stuck in then and now

I miss the way you’d talk too soft

Like you were scared to break the night

Now I just talk to the walls

And hope they’ll say I’ll be alright

I still wear your hoodie when I sleep

Try to remember who I used to be

Before I lost you

And you stopped loving me

Maybe I was too much

Or maybe just not enough

You said it wasn’t my fault

But that’s what they all say when they give up

You left your coat here in July

I keep it just in case

One day you come back inside

And miss our old mistakes