Alternate Universes

[Verse 1]

It is not a secret that
I was not my best self
You met me in the pits
Said I was working on my health
But I was working on a way out
And I’m guessing that that didn’t work for you

[Verse 2]

I never asked you and
Now it's been a year
I never looked you in the eye
It doesn’t have to be so serious
Just hung up on your hanging out
But you were never here when I was here

[Verse 3]

And now I’m feeling badly ‘cause
We were never close
You’re getting married in the fall
I’m hauling out to the Pacific coast
I miss you in your sunny ways
The way you meet me halfway when I ghost

[Verse 4]

And I know it makes me crazy
That my head is in repose
But I’ve been working on my heart
I couldn’t get it out in prose
And I would never say it straight
And I would never write it down
But maybe I could kill it
If I tried to sing it out

[Verse 5]

‘Cause talking would just ruin it
And that ain’t worth the risk
And now the window’s closing quickly
You won’t miss me
You won't miss me when I go
I’m leaving Monday
I was never asking much
But maybe I would have said something
If I knew we wouldn’t keep in touch

[Verse 6]

Cause lately I’ve been entertaining
All these other universes
Where you call me baby
And most days I come home to you
In selfish other worlds
Where I am just your kind of sycophantic
Know it’s not the most romantic
Working with the hand I’m granted

[Verse 7]

But I met your girl and I think
You are perfect for each other
There’s no other pretense
When I say I’m glad you love her
‘Cause the worst thing in the world
Is to go breaking up the birthday party
Start again at twenty-three
And I will be a girl I’d like to meet