1000 Soulmates

Met you on a Tuesday

Lost you by the weekend

Still, I kinda kept you

Folded in my brain, like

First one, blue hair

Laughing in a thrift-store chair

Second one, brown coat

Met her at a latenight show

Third one, soft eyes

Crying in the checkout line

We talked about nothing

Felt like I knew her whole life

I never promised a forever

Just a moment we could share

You put your hand inside my jacket

I just said, "I'm really here"

A thousand little lifetimes

A thousand different hearts in my hands

We fall in love, then I let go

Like writing our names in the sand

Every story, every sunrise

Every "hi" that turns into "bye"

A thousand soulmates in my timeline

I love, I live, then I don't ask why

Number eight, late train

Scribbling her poems on the window pane

Nine, ten, same bar

We were arguing about stolen art

Some didn’t stay the night

Some stayed long enough to fight

Some taught me how to cook

Some just vanished in the light

I never begged you for an ending

Never asked you to be mine

You laid your head onto my shoulder

I just said, "We have this time"

A thousand little lifetimes

A thousand different hearts in my hands

We fall in love, then I let go

Like writing our names in the sand

Every story, every sunrise

Every "hi" that turns into "bye"

A thousand soulmates in my timeline

I love, I live, then I don't ask why

Let it crash

Let it shatter

Let it blaze

Let it scatter

Every whisper’s

A scream in disguise

Every farewell

Ignites the next high

So take my jacket in the rain

Take my number, lose my name

Take this minute like a flame

We don't owe this thing a frame

A thousand little lifetimes

A thousand different hearts in my hands

We fall in love, then I let go

Like writing our names in the sand

Every story, every sunrise

Every "hi" that turns into "bye"

A thousand soulmates in my timeline

I love, I live, then I don't ask why

Verse 3]

Eleven, wild curls

Dancing barefoot on the rooftop

Looking for a thrill

Twelve, quiet smile

Whispered secrets down a moonlit mile

Thirteen, tattooed arms

Holding me through our morning alarms

We shared a coffee, chased a dream

Felt like eternity in between

I never chased you down the highway

Never wrote you into stone

You traced your fingers on my heartbeat

I just said, “You’re not alone”

A thousand little lifetimes

A thousand beating hearts in my hands

We fall in love, then I let go

Like footprints fading in the sand

Every memory, every midnight

Every “stay” that slips to “goodbye”

A thousand soulmates in my timeline

I love, I lose, but I feel alive