Last to Know

[Verse 1]
You came home late
Shoes in your hand
Laughing at something stuck in your head
Said you were out with your oldest friends
But your jacket smelled like a stranger’s bed
Phone face-down on the kitchen table
You poured a drink with your shaking wrist
I asked “You good?” and you said “I’m fine”
But your eyes were somewhere I don’t exist
[Chorus]
So I guess I’m the last to know
Everyone but me saw the show
You rehearsed your lines
You played your role
Left me standing in the front row
While you kissed him in the afterglow
I was begging for a truth you’d never show
Yeah
I loved you more than you’ll ever know
(And I was the last to know)
[Verse 2]
Found your shirt in the back of my car
Lipstick shade that you never wear
Hotel keys in the glove compartment
Two receipts
Both with a different name there
All those nights you were “working late”
I was cooking for a ghost in our home
Set a place for you
Watched the candles melt
You were busy making someone else feel known
[Chorus]
So I guess I’m the last to know
Everyone but me saw the show
You rehearsed your lines
You played your role
Left me standing in the front row
While you kissed him in the afterglow
I was begging for a truth you’d never show
Yeah
I loved you more than you’ll ever know
(And I was the last to know)
[Bridge]
Did you laugh about me on your way back?
Did you wash his name off in my sink? (oh)
Every “I love you” stuck in my throat now
Every “forever” makes me sick to think
[Chorus]
’Cause I guess I’m the last to know
Pulled the curtain on our little show
You broke our vows like a cheap glass bowl
Shards of “always” on the kitchen floor
You and him in the exit glow
I was begging for a truth you’d never show
Yeah
I loved you more than you’ll ever know
(And I was the last)
(Yeah, I was the last to know)

Moody alt-pop with male vocals over warm electric piano and a deep, steady groove; verses stay restrained and close-mic’d, bass pulsing softly. Chorus widens with airy pads, stacked harmonies on the hook, and a tight, punchy drum pattern. Bridge strips down to vocal and keys before a final, more anguished chorus with ad-lib runs and subtle guitar swells.