Were You Really There

Verse 1

Called your name across the room

You were looking right through

Piano rings and I count the tiles on the wall

Three A.M. and still no signal at all

I folded all my letters into half

Kept them in my coat where the creases last

Pre-Chorus

And I say

Oh

Where did we leave the light on

Oh

Did you even turn it on

Chorus

Were you ever really there

When I needed someone to care

Were you ever really there

Tell me if you're even near

Drop

Hold on to the sound

Ooh ooh

Hold on to the sound

Verse 2

I remember your jacket on the hook

Warm and small like a place I took

Now the hallway hums a tune that feels wrong

Half a voice and a light that goes off and on

I gave you all my quiet hours

Left them open like a half-closed door

Pre-Chorus

And I say

Oh

Why does distance feel this loud

Oh

Am I talking to a cloud

Chorus

Were you ever really there

When I needed someone to care

Were you ever really there

Tell me if you're even near

Drop

Hold on to the sound

Ooh ooh

Stay a little longer now

Bridge

Maybe I kept waiting for a shape

That was never meant to stay

I could ask you why

But I'm scared of what you'd say

So I just hold the phone

And let it fade to gray

Final Chorus

Were you ever really there

When I needed someone to care

Were you ever really there

I just needed you to care

Final Drop

Hold on to the sound

Ooh

Hold on to the sound

Ooh

Outro

Cold piano on the floor

One breath and nothing more