I Loved Your Ghost

Verse 1

You stopped laughing at the parts

Where you used to lose your breath

Started sleeping with your back turned

Like you had already left

I kept asking if you’re tired

You kept saying, “Yeah, I guess”

But the quiet got familiar

Like a coat across your chest

Your toothbrush by the sink

Still made it look like home

But your eyes were somewhere else

When I wasn’t even alone

I was sitting right beside you

Feeling miles across the bed

Falling for the memory

Of the person in your head

Pre-Chorus

And I should’ve seen the signs

In the way you said my name

Like a song you used to love

But don’t wanna hear the same

Chorus

I loved your ghost

I loved your ghost

You were already gone

But I kept you close

You were in my arms

But out of reach

Sleeping right beside me

Still haunting me

I loved your ghost

I loved your ghost

You were already gone

But I kept you close

You didn’t have to leave

To leave me alone

You were right beside me

But I loved your ghost

Verse 2

You still wore my old sweatshirt

Still knew where I kept my keys

Still said, “Text me when you get home”

Like it meant what it used to mean

We still watched the same shows

But you barely watched with me

Your body on the mattress

Your heart out in the street

I started missing you at dinner

While your hand was on your phone

Started grieving in the kitchen

With you standing by the stove

And I hated how it happened

Not loud enough to fight

Just a slow-motion disaster

In the middle of our life

Pre-Chorus

And I should’ve let you go

When your smile didn’t stay

But I kept loving what was left

Like it might come back one day

Chorus

I loved your ghost

I loved your ghost

You were already gone

But I kept you close

You were in my arms

But out of reach

Sleeping right beside me

Still haunting me

I loved your ghost

I loved your ghost

You were already gone

But I kept you close

You didn’t have to leave

To leave me alone

You were right beside me

But I loved your ghost

Bridge

Maybe I loved the version

That you couldn’t be again

Maybe I called it patience

When it should’ve been the end

Maybe you were honest

In the silence that you gave

Maybe I was haunted

By someone I tried to save

And now I hear your footsteps

In the floorboards after two

But it’s only my apartment

Remembering you

Final Chorus

I loved your ghost

I loved your ghost

You were already gone

But I kept you close

You were in my arms

But out of reach

Sleeping right beside me

Still haunting me

I loved your ghost

I loved your ghost

You were already gone

But I kept you close

You didn’t have to leave

To leave me alone

You were right beside me

But I loved your ghost

Outro

You stopped laughing at the parts

Where you used to lose your breath

I didn’t lose you all at once

I lost you step by step