More songs by Gracie Abrams
Description
Sometimes a breakup is not a tragedy, but a quiet upgrade of your internal operating system. There is pain, but without hysterics and drama: it's just a habit being updated to the version ‘I'm no longer waiting, but I remember.’ Someone's scent still lingers in the air, their voice echoes from old messages, but inside, wings are slowly spreading.
There is something strangely warm about not blaming and not waiting. Just acknowledging that the time is up, but the gratitude remains. That even if it didn't work out, you were still lucky to touch something alive. And now you can breathe out, because emptiness is not about loss, but about a place where you can finally be yourself.
Lyrics and translation
Original
This isn't what you want, it's only how you feel
You openly admit you're far away from healin'
And I hate to pull the plug, but I think I get your deal
I finally know better than to wait for you back here
And I hope you know I don't think
You're a bad guy, that you're damaged
Took you two months, only two to raise the bar
You're the saddest, but a good kid
Almost loved you, but I didn't
I could laugh now, how we tried to play those parts
I know that you're removed
I can feel it when we talk
You start to let me in, but then you shut it off
And it's half of you that hurts sometimes
The half that I don't get
I swear that I'm not mad at you, but I can't share your bed now
And I can't imagine, when you go home
Does she follow like an echo?
Like your shadow, you can try, but you can't run
From the truth of what you both made
That you blew up on a Tuesday
How does pain taste when it melts into your tongue
It's a pain that I caught you at a bad time
It's a shame that I memorized your outline
You were straight up with me, you were so kind
But I knew what you knew, honey, great minds
It was harsh 'cause I lost what I wanted
I was brave when I kissed you in London
We're collateral here man, we got hit
Hope you find somewhere safe for your baggage
Every page that I wrote, you were on it
Feel you deep in my bones, you're the current
And I showed no restraint, it was somethin'
I was scared of, 'til you made me love it
If you find yourself out, if there is a right time
Chances are I'll be here, we could share a lifeline
If you feel like fallin', catch me on the way down
Never been less empty, all I feel is free now
If you find yourself out, if there is a right time
Chances are I'll be here, we could share a lifeline
If you feel like fallin', catch me on the way down
Never been less empty, all I feel is free now
English translation
This isn't what you want, it's only how you feel
You openly admit you're far away from healin'
And I hate to pull the plug, but I think I get your deal
I finally know better than to wait for you back here
And I hope you know I don't think
You're a bad guy, that you're damaged
Took you two months, only two to raise the bar
You're the saddest, but a good kid
Almost loved you, but I didn't
I could laugh now, how we tried to play those parts
I know that you're removed
I can feel it when we talk
You start to let me in, but then you shut it off
And it's half of you that hurts sometimes
The half that I don't get
I swear that I'm not mad at you, but I can't share your bed now
And I can't imagine, when you go home
Does she follow like an echo?
Like your shadow, you can try, but you can't run
From the truth of what you both made
That you blew up on a Tuesday
How does pain taste when it melts into your tongue
It's a pain that I caught you at a bad time
It's a shame that I memorized your outline
You were straight up with me, you were so kind
But I knew what you knew, honey, great minds
It was harsh 'cause I lost what I wanted
I was brave when I kissed you in London
We're collateral here man, we got hit
Hope you find somewhere safe for your baggage
Every page that I wrote, you were on it
Feel you deep in my bones, you're the current
And I showed no restraint, it was somethin'
I was scared of, 'til you made me love it
If you find yourself out, if there is a right time
Chances are I'll be here, we could share a lifeline
If you feel like fallin', catch me on the way down
Never been less empty, all I feel is free now
If you find yourself out, if there is a right time
Chances are I'll be here, we could share a lifeline
If you feel like fallin', catch me on the way down
Never been less empty, all I feel is free now