Cafe Luca

Hey—

nah it’s cool, you don’t gotta stay long or anything

I’ve got cigarettes if you want one

Monster and Jäger too, it’s kinda gross but it works

You can sit if you want

I’m just waiting on some people

(…yeah, me too)

**[Verse 1]**

I sat at Café Luca like it meant something

Like I wasn’t just killing time badly

Checking the door every five minutes

Like someone owed me a showing

Told myself “people might swing by”

Like that wasn’t a straight-up lie

Fake friends with flexible morals

Only loyal if there’s something to buy

I brought free cigarettes like an offering

Monster mixed with Jäger in a cup

I don’t even like this shit anymore

I just wanted someone to sit the fuck down

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**[Pre-Chorus]**

I don’t need love

I don’t need deep

I just don’t wanna be

By myself this week

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**[Chorus]**

I don’t care who you are

I just want someone next to me

I’ll pay for your drinks

I’ll listen to your story

I know I look pathetic

Sitting here like I’m chosen

Waiting for people who forgot me

Like it’s not already obvious

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**[Verse 2]**

I said “pull up anytime”

Knowing damn well they wouldn’t

Kept my phone face-up on the table

Like that would change something

I bribed companionship with nicotine

And whatever buzz I could afford

If this is community, then fuck man

I should’ve stayed bored at home

I pretend I’m detached

But I flinch every time the door opens

Like maybe this time it’s real

Like maybe I won’t be invisible

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**[Pre-Chorus]**

I don’t need saving

I don’t need advice

I just want a body

In the chair beside

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**[Chorus]**

I don’t care who you are

I just want someone next to me

I’ll share my smoke

I’ll pour you something

I know this isn’t charming

I know this isn’t cool

I’m just tired of pretending

I don’t feel fucking alone

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**[Bridge]**

I could’ve stayed home

But home feels radioactive

At least here someone might walk past

Even if they don’t stay

I keep confusing proximity

With connection

And calling it “social”

So I don’t have to say rejection

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**[Outro]**

So I sit

And sip

And wait

Not because I believe in anything

But because it’s better

Than admitting

No one’s coming.