Lyric

We met in a corner café

Soft curls

Chipped blue cup

You laughed at the foam on your lip

Said

“Guess I dress my coffee up”

Love in slow motion

Vinyl turning

You and your cardigan sleeves

Dust in the sunshine

My chest burning

Every blink wrote memories

Thought we were carved like carvings in oak

Turns out we’re written in steam

Love in slow motion

Gone in a moment

Still

You haunt my every dream

You moved to a top-floor rental

Plants lined your narrow sill

Called me at 2 a.m

Restless

Said

“I’m scared I’ll stay here still”

Love in blue neon

Screen-light glowing

Your face through a pixel haze

We tried to fix us with late-night joking

Typed hearts that began to fade

Thought we were framed like photos on steel

Turns out we’re taped on the wall

Love in blue neon

Half-answered questions

Ringing but I missed the call

Fall came with heavier jackets

Our talks turned to “work” and “plans”

You circled days in your planner

I stared at my empty hands

Love at the crosswalk

Signal changing

Red

Then an amber truth

We held on longer than we were able

Outgrew our borrowed youth

Thought we were ships both heading one way

Turns out we split at the reef

Love at the crosswalk

Hearts rearranging

Leaving more comfort than grief

I see us in every old movie

Wrong lines

Right chemistry

Some scenes linger in the closing credits

Like they might rewrite the ending for me (Oh)

Years pass; I’m back at that café

New paint

Same creaking floor

Your song plays low through the speakers

I don’t ache the way before

Love in new colors

Gentle and quiet

Soft as a late June rain

I raise my cup to the ghost between us

Thank you for all the change

Thought we were forever or nothing

Now I can finally see

Love in new colors

Past in the background

Making more room inside me