I Swear I Loved You

[Verse 1]

You’re standing by the kitchen sink

Same silver ring, same way you think

You ask me if I want some tea

And nothing moves inside of me

I know the coat you always wear

The little crease beside your chair

I know the joke before the end

I know the shape of what we’ve been

[Pre-Chorus]

There was a time you filled the room

Before you spoke, before you moved

I carried you through every day

Now I can’t tell when it slipped away

[Chorus]

I swear I loved you

I know I did

I meant forever

When I said it

You’re still right here, still you somehow

But I just don’t feel it now

I swear I loved you

I’m not pretending

Something real was here

And then it ended

No slammed door, no falling out

I just don’t feel it now

[Verse 2]

I search the past like evidence

For one clear crack, one consequence

A sentence I forgot to hear

A night that turned the atmosphere

But you were kind, and I was sure

I saw us there ten years or more

I planned the years before they came

How can a promise fade between

One thought and the next thought?

[Pre-Chorus]

Did it leave slowly while I slept?

Did I wake up after it left?

Can something vanish without a choice?

Can silence wear a familiar voice?

[Chorus]

I swear I loved you

I know I did

I meant forever

When I said it

You’re still right here, still you somehow

But I just don’t feel it now

I swear I loved you

I’m not pretending

Something real was here

And then it ended

No slammed door, no falling out

I just don’t feel it now

[Bridge]

I still care if you get home safe

Still know the sugar that you take

Still want the world to treat you well

Still don’t know what I’m meant to tell

Was there a second, sharp and small?

Or was there never one at all?

If I believed it, was it true?

If it was true, what changed in me?

[Final Chorus]

I swear I loved you

I know I did

Every promise

Every minute

You’re still right here, still you somehow

And I still care about you now

I swear I loved you

That’s the strange part

Nothing broke us

Nothing changed you

No one to blame, no reason why

I just don’t feel it when I try

[Outro]

You’re standing by the kitchen sink

Same silver ring, same way you think

I swear I loved you

I know I did

I just don’t feel it now

[End]

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