Learning How To Not Love You

[Verse 1]
I moved your shirt
to the back of the drawer
Swapped your side of the bed
with a pile on the floor
Left your coffee cup
up high on the shelf
Like I might reach for you
then catch myself
[Chorus]
I’m learning how to not love you anymore
How to not drive by your dead-end road
How to not crave your touch on my skin
like before
Teaching my hands to stay in my own back pockets
Teaching my heart to stop turning your way
I’m learning how to not love you anymore
a little more each day
[Verse 2]
I don’t check my phone
at every red light
Turned off that song
that used to hit just right
I pour one glass of wine
then turn off the TV
Talk out loud to the dog
so it’s not you I need
[Chorus]
I’m learning how to not love you anymore
How to not drive by your dead-end road
How to not crave your touch on my skin
like before
Teaching my hands to stay in my own back pockets
Teaching my heart to stop turning your way
I’m learning how to not love you anymore
a little more each day
[Bridge]
I thought we were carved
into something strong
Turns out we were written
in dust all along
I’m breaking the habit
of calling you home
One small goodbye
every night on my own (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m learning how to not love you anymore
How to not dream you into this bed
How to not reach for you
when I’m locking my door
Teaching my hands to stay in my own back pockets
Teaching my heart to stop turning your way
I’m learning how to not love you anymore
I’m gonna be okay
[Outro]
Just learning how to not love you
one slow breath at a time

country, Modern country ballad with female vocals; gentle acoustic guitar and soft piano in the verses, subtle pedal steel swells. Chorus opens with steady drums, warm bass, and stacked harmonies for a bittersweet lift. Start intimate and close-mic’d, then build to a cathartic final chorus before dropping to a tender outro tag.