2AM Memories

Intro

Yeah...

I almost called you.

That's crazy, right?

It's been long enough

that I should probably know better by now.

Anyway...

Verse 1

I heard you moved into a place out west,

Hope the new view helps you get some rest.

I still got your number under your old name,

Never changed it, just in case you called one day.

I been outside, I been doing my thing,

New faces, new places, new numbers in my phone.

Everybody says I'm looking like I'm good,

Funny how they only see me when I'm not alone.

I still take the long way past your old street,

Like I need one more reason to be in your vicinity.

And I hate that a song can still ruin my night,

When I spent all last summer saying I'm fine.

You took your half of everything we had,

Left a couple things that I forgot to pack.

Funny how the smallest things can hit the hardest,

Like finding your hair tie in the back of my apartment.

Pre-Chorus

And I don't wanna know who's keeping you warm,

But I think about it when the weather gets cold.

I tell everybody that we ended for a reason,

But I still defend you when they ask me what went wrong.

Chorus

It's 2AM, I'm staring at your name,

Got a hundred things to say, but they all sound the same.

I could tell you that I miss you, I could tell you that I'm changed,

But I know a little whiskey doesn't make the truth less late.

And I wonder if you ever do the same,

Scroll through old pictures just to put yourself in pain.

We were good at being lovers, bad at knowing when to change.

Now I only get to have you in the memories that remain.

Verse 2

I almost bought the perfume that you used to wear,

Caught myself reaching for it like you'd still be there.

That's the type of shit I never tell my friends,

They think I got over you the minute that it ended.

And I got options, I ain't saying that I don't,

But it's hard to want somebody when you know what you want.

They can look good in the light, they can fit into the plans,

But they don't know the little things you understood without a chance.

Like how I go quiet when I'm feeling overwhelmed,

How I say that I'm okay when I need somebody's help.

You could tell me I was tripping, make me laugh about it later,

Now I got a thousand people around and nobody knows me like you did.

Maybe we were young, maybe love was moving faster,

Maybe we confused forever with the fear of losing after.

Maybe if we'd learned to listen instead of keeping score,

We wouldn't be two strangers who remember being more.

But I'm not about to rewrite everything we were,

You hurt me, I hurt you, neither one of us was perfect.

I can miss you and admit that we were toxic at the same time,

That's the part about growing up they never put between the lines.

Chorus

It's 2AM, I'm staring at your name,

Got a hundred things to say, but they all sound the same.

I could tell you that I miss you, I could tell you that I'm changed,

But I know a little whiskey doesn't make the truth less late.

And I wonder if you ever do the same,

Scroll through old pictures just to put yourself in pain.

We were good at being lovers, bad at knowing when to change.

Now I only get to have you in the memories that remain.

Bridge

If I called you, would you answer?

Would we talk like nothing changed?

Would you ask me how I've been

And I'd lie to you the same?

Would I hear somebody in the background?

Would you hesitate to speak?

Would we both pretend we're strangers

When you know too much of me?

I don't know what I'd be hoping for,

An apology? A sign?

Maybe I just miss the person

Who knew me before I learned to hide.

Final Chorus

It's 2AM, I'm still staring at your name,

Funny how the years can pass and some things never change.

I could tell you that I miss you, but that wouldn't make you stay,

And I finally know the difference between love and being afraid.

Do you ever drive alone and hear our song?

Do you ever wonder where we would've gone?

We were good at being lovers, bad at knowing when to change.

Now I only get to have you in the memories that remain.

Outro

It's 2:24 now.

Never mind.

You probably sleeping anyway.

Hope you're good though...