Simplified for the Sleep Deprived

I know it’s late and your throat stings, but I’ve just got one thing

I shouldn’t have called, but I just want to speak

The sound of your voice brings sweet memories

We barely talk anymore and that’s my fault

Torn between wanting to see you or stay apart

The thought of someone else with you

Haunts my thoughts with new pain

You’re superseding an undeniable feeling

I’m dressed with jealousy, because I want you all to me

I miss those delirious nights of blinking notification lights

Saying goodnight once our eyes started to sting

Then coming back to say one more thing

Back when my name on your phone screen meant something

Like a chance to tightrope midnight due dates

I wish it wasn’t a thing of the past, how the stars watched us laugh

Skies from your roof were such a beautiful view

As I concealed unironic “I love you”’s

And the one I let slip never returned from your lips

It’s just a simple degradation that subverts your high expectations

Shattered optimistic atmospheres left read emotions unclear

Fast forward a year and they are still here

Caught in erosion, I’m afraid of this ocean

Feels like forever caught in this endeavor

There’s no other arms you could belong

To slow dance to soft static doo-wop songs

We’re book pages and movie screens

And maybe it all means nothing

But you say his name like you say mine

And it feels impossible to leave my mind

The truth stings

Goodnight, but wait

Just one last-