[Verse 1]
Lockers slam like echoes down our hallways,
Your notes in my yearbook curl at the page.
Prom lights flickered on your borrowed grin,
We shared a Walkman song, you pressed play again.
You traced constellations on the backs of my hands,
Said we were endless in a life we planned.
But you left your jacket on my chair,
And I learned to wait for someone who wasn’t there.
[Pre-Chorus]
You say it’s not my fault, you whisper soft and low,
I feel the space you’ll never fill, the places you won’t go.
You hold my photograph like it’s only for show,
And every time you promise, you fold before you know.
[Chorus]
You loved me then, you ran away —
Twin flames flicker, then they flee.
You spin my mixtape till the spools unwind,
Say it’s not your fault, say you’re barely mine.
You loved me then, you ran away —
A spark, a season, gone at daylight.
You came back to burn, left the ash on my name,
You loved me then, you ran away.
[Verse 2]
We carved initials under the bleachers in June,
Swore we’d be in each other’s yearbook for life.
You skated circles round my promises,
Left them on the floor like neon afterlives.
At homecoming you danced with my shadow first,
Laughed at the slow song like it didn’t hurt.
You kissed me in alleys where the streetlamps quit,
Then drove away, just radio static and a hollow grit.
[Pre-Chorus]
You keep saying “it’s not because of you,”
But the empty space you left is a truth I can’t undo.
I stand where your footprints fade into dust,
I keep the half-light, but I’m learning to trust.
[Chorus]
You loved me then, you ran away —
Twin flames flicker, then they flee.
You spin my mixtape till the spools unwind,
Say it’s not your fault, say you’re barely mine.
You loved me then, you ran away —
A spark, a season, gone at daylight.
You came back to burn, left the ash on my name,
You loved me then, you ran away.
[Bridge]
I burn the cassette where your voice repeats,
Black smoke curls like secrets into the street.
I fold the ticket with the town’s old name,
Slide it in my pocket, feel the ember turn to flame.
This is the first small thing I do for me:
I board the midnight bus, trade our ghosts for a seam.
No more waiting at the window for a could’ve been,
I take my heart, stitch it up, and step into the wind.
[Chorus — Reprise]
You loved me then, you ran away —
Twin flames flicker, then they flee.
You spun my mixtape till the spools unwound,
You left your promises scattered on the ground.
You loved me then, you ran away —
A spark, a season, gone at daylight.
You came back to burn, left the ash on my name,
You loved me then, you ran away.
[Outro]
At the station I let the yearbook fall from my hands,
Watch our names blur out like pencil in the rain.
I hum our old song in a new key, soft and brave —
One small step on the platform, and I don’t look back again.
