Lyric

I wanted you to be jealous

I said his name

And watched your face

You looked away

I kept talking

You took a drink

So I said

His name again

We’re standing

With everyone else

Someone asks me

About work

I mention him

Then I hear myself add

“He stayed late

With me again.”

That gets

Your attention

I look away

Before you do

The person in front of me

Is still talking

But I’m barely listening

I’m watching you

You catch me looking

“What?”

“Nothing.”

I turn back around

I wanted you to be jealous

Just a little

Enough to see it

On your face

When I said his name

You looked away

That should’ve

Been enough

I kept going

[Instrumental Interlude - 8 bars]

Dry electric piano, muted guitar, warm bass

Later

You ask me

“Do you like him?”

“No.”

You look at me

“Then why

Did you keep

Talking about him?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

“No.”

A pause

“I mean...”

I stop

[Pre-Chorus]

I start to say

“It was nothing.”

You say

“Then why are we

Still talking about it?”

I look down

At my glass

I wanted you to be jealous

I wanted you

To notice

To stop me

To ask me

Why I kept saying

His name

You say

“Of course it bothered me.”

And suddenly

I don’t know

What I wanted next

Electric piano and bass, restrained rhythmic tension

“Was I not

Giving you enough?”

“No.”

Then—

“I mean

Yes.”

You wait

I rub my thumb

Against the glass

“I don’t know

Why I did that.”

You don’t say anything

I try again

“I just...”

Nothing

I wanted you to be jealous

I could’ve

Just asked you

“Do you still want me?”

But I didn’t

I said his name instead

I watched your face

I waited

For something to change

It did

And now I’m the one

Who can’t

Look at you

We sit there

For a while

Then I say

“Do you still want me?”

You look at me

I almost say

“Forget it.”

I don’t

You take a breath

I wait