3:17 AM

The city’s quiet from my window

Streetlights fading in the rain

I told myself I wouldn’t think about you

But here we are again

Your name is sitting on my screen

I never type a word

Some things sound better in the silence

Some things are better left unheard

Maybe I was holding on

To something that was never mine

Maybe I just needed time

It’s 3:17 in the morning

And I’m still awake

I don’t need you to come back

I just need this feeling to fade

There’s nothing left to say now

Nothing left to change

But every night when the whole world disappears

I remember your face

I still take the longer way home

Past the places that we knew

Not because I hope I’ll see you

I just don’t know what else to do

And maybe somewhere in the future

You’ll become somebody I knew

A song I barely recognize

A winter I once lived through

Maybe I was holding on

To something that was never mine

Maybe I just needed time

It’s 3:17 in the morning

And I’m still awake

I don’t need you to come back

I just need this feeling to fade

There’s nothing left to say now

Nothing left to change

But every night when the whole world disappears

I remember your face

I won’t call

I won’t ask

I won’t try to make it last

Some lights fade

Some doors close

Some people leave

And that’s all we ever know

It’s 3:17 in the morning

But tonight feels different somehow

I still think about you sometimes

I just don’t need an answer now

There’s nothing left to say now

Nothing left to rearrange

Maybe one day when the whole world disappears

I won’t remember your face

3:17

The city’s still awake

So am I