Late Check-In

You hit me with that "you up?"

2:45 on a Tuesday

Always talkin’ ’bout trust

But you only call me your way

You say that you’ve changed

Same couch

Same show

Same game

My heart on read

Your hands on me

Then you fade

I memorized your patterns

Like I wrote them on my skin

Say you miss the way I laugh

When you’re lonely again

I’m tired of the reruns

Tired of the almosts

This time when you call my phone

It’s a late check-in

I won’t pick up

You can talk to the dial tone

Talk to your luck

Used to fall right back

Now I’m standing up

If you wanted all this

You’d have shown up

Just another late check-in

You’re out of time

You can keep your maybe

I’ll keep my mind

No more waiting on a half-past-love

Late check-in

I’m hangin’ up

You love to say "we’re grown"

But you crumble under questions

You swear that I’m "the one"

Til it comes to real intentions

You leave your hoodie in my room

Like a flag you didn’t earn

But I boxed that thing this afternoon

Guess it’s finally my turn

You’re scrolling through our photos

Thinking that I might fold

But I got used to sleeping

On my side in the cold

You’re knocking on my front door

I’m singing to myself

Baby

You can ring that bell

It’s a late check-in

I won’t pick up

You can talk to the dial tone

Talk to your luck

Used to fall right back

Now I’m standing up

If you wanted all this

You’d have shown up

Just another late check-in

You’re out of time

You can keep your maybe

I’ll keep my mind

No more waiting on a half-past-love

Late check-in

I’m hangin’ up

Yeah

I loved you

I admit it (oh)

But I love me more

I’m with it (yeah)

You can spin your little stories to your friends

Tell ’em I was trippin’

Tell ’em I was different

But I know what I gave

What I gave

What I gave

And you know what you missed in the end

It’s a late check-in

I won’t pick up

You can talk to the dial tone

Talk to your luck

Used to fall right back

Now I’m standing up

If you wanted all this

You’d have shown up

Just another late check-in

You’re out of time

You can keep your maybe

I’ll keep my mind

Left your name on read in my heart’s inbox

Late check-in

I changed the locks