[Intro]
[pedal steel
Intricate slides]
Streetlamp buzzing on the windshield
Coffee gone cold in my hand
Highway lines blur into heartbeats
I’m a ghost in this van
[Verse 1]
So lonely
In a crowd of passing exits
So lonely
Talking back to what you texted
So lonely
Every song turns into you
So lonely
And there’s nothing I can do
[Chorus]
So lonely
In this movie in my head
Your side of the mattress still a war zone
Still a mess
Every little echo shouting you’re already gone
I turn the volume higher but the feeling’s coming on
So lonely
So lonely
[Verse 2]
So lonely
Kitchen light hums like it’s nervous
So lonely
Forks and plates still set for two
So lonely
I keep your mug in the cupboard
So lonely
Like I’m saving it for truth
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
So lonely
Scroll your face in old photos
So lonely
Thumbprints smudge you out of frame
So lonely
Friends say I should change my number
So lonely
But I still wait to hear your name
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
So lonely
At the bar with all our regulars
So lonely
Laughing loud
Then going mute
So lonely
Someone wears your kind of jacket
So lonely
And my heart just follows suit
[Chorus]
[Bridge 1]
[low vocal register
Close-mic]
If you called at 3 AM
I would answer on the first ring
Say you’re outside
I’d buzz you in
Let you leave the same damn sting
If you walked back through that door
Boots on hardwood
Keychain swing
I would act like nothing’s broken
Just to feel one more sting
[Bridge 2]
[crescendo
Bigger drums]
So say you never meant it
Say you never packed your heart
Say the boxes in the hallway
Were a joke
A false start
Say you’re driving back this second
Headlights cutting through the rain
Say the word
I’ll let you wreck me
Just to feel you in the pain (oh)
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[pedal steel answering vocal ad-libs
Synth pads blooming]
So lonely
Fade me out with all our pictures
So lonely
Turn me down like background noise
So lonely
’Til the screen goes black and quiet
So lonely
Just your echo in my voice…