Better For You, Better For Him

[Verse 1]
I was trying to get better for you
You were changing your hair
Your room
You were learning his favorite songs
I was begging my past to move on
You let him trace every scar
Said you finally felt seen in the dark
You were shaking
Then laughing it through
I was out with her
Still thinking of you
[Chorus]
Teach me how to move on
How to stop rewinding your name
How to leave that version of me
On the floor of our old place
Teach me how to let go
Of the ghost in your old perfume
If you already learned to love him
I can learn to live past you
[Verse 2]
Two strangers laid in my bed
I was staring straight over their heads
At the dent where you used to curl
At the pillow that still held your world
I was touching them
Feeling that ache
Like I’m cheating on a shattered frame
You were somewhere
Losing your dress
Finally breathing
Calling it blessed
[Chorus]
Teach me how to move on
How to stop rewinding your name
How to leave that version of me
On the floor of our old place
Teach me how to let go
Of the ghost in your old perfume
If you already learned to love him
I can learn to live past you
[Bridge]
Maybe moving on’s not clean
Maybe it’s crying in the shower at three
Answering texts you don’t mean
Blocking your number
Then checking the screen
Maybe I forgive what we did
You chasing touch
Me chasing a fix
Maybe I just sit with that truth
I wasn’t better for me
Just for you
[Chorus]
Teach me how to move on
How to stop rewinding your name
How to leave that version of me
On the floor of our old place
Teach me how to let go
Of the ghost in your old perfume
If you already learned to love him
I can learn to live past you
Yeah
If you already learned to love him
I can learn to live past you

Moody R&B ballad over sparse keys and warm sub-bass; male vocals intimate and close-mic’d. Verses stay almost whispered with finger-snap groove and airy pads; chorus opens into layered harmonies and a wider stereo image. Soft electric guitar answers vocal phrases; bridge strips back to piano and vocal cracks, then gentle build into a final resigned hook.