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HERE WE ARE

INTRO — distant falsetto, washed-out guitar, soft tape hiss

Oh, oh

I can still see you

In the back of my mind

Like you never left

And I know

We don't talk like we used to

But I still look for you

Every time I get home

VERSE 1 — intimate, restrained singing

We used to drive until the morning

With nowhere left to go

You'd fall asleep against the window

I'd turn the radio down low

Now there's a silence in the hallway

And your perfume in the sheets

I keep pretending that I'm happy

But there's something missing in me

You say that nothing ever happened

That we're just growing up

But I remember how you held me

Before we gave it up

PRE-CHORUS — rising melody, layered harmonies

And I don't wanna know

If you think about me

When you're lying next to him

Do you ever feel lonely?

'Cause I still feel your ghost

When the city gets quiet

And I hate that I'm the one

Who can't deny it

CHORUS — soaring falsetto, full drums and shimmering guitars

Here we are

Standing in the same old place

With different hearts

And familiar faces

And I still want you

Even when I shouldn't

I still call your name

Even when I couldn't

Oh, here we are

Here we are

With everything we had

And nothing left to say

VERSE 2 — more urgent, bass-driven

I saw your shadow in the doorway

For a second, I believed

That you had finally come to tell me

You were sorry you had to leave

But it was only headlights passing

Through the curtains on the wall

Funny how I see you everywhere

But I can't reach you at all

And all the nights we spent together

Feel like somebody else's life

I swear I almost had forever

For a moment in your eyes

PRE-CHORUS — breathier, increasingly emotional

And I don't wanna know

What you tell your friends now

Do you make me sound insane

For still wanting you around?

'Cause I still hear your voice

In the back of every song

And I don't know how to leave

Something I held for so long

CHORUS — bigger, doubled vocals, aching high notes

Here we are

Standing in the same old place

With different hearts

And familiar faces

And I still want you

Even when I shouldn't

I still call your name

Even when I couldn't

Oh, here we are

Here we are

With everything we had

And nothing left to say

BRIDGE — drums drop out, trembling falsetto over piano

Maybe we were never meant to last

Maybe I just wanted it too bad

Maybe you were already gone

While I was trying to hold on

And if I saw you one more time

Would you look me in the eyes?

Would you remember who we were?

Or would you just walk by?

(Voice cracks, almost whispering)

I don't hate you

I just miss us

I just miss us

FINAL CHORUS — explosive drums, layered falsetto and guitar

Here we are

Standing in the same old place

I see your face

In every stranger's face

And I still want you

God, I wish I didn't

I still feel you here

Even when you're missing

Oh, here we are

Here we are

We had the whole world

And watched it fall away

OUTRO — drums fade, distant harmonies

Here we are

Here we are

I thought we'd be different

I thought we'd be different

But here we are...

(fading falsetto)

And I still look for you

When I get home.