"Strangers" lyrics
You packed the bad
I packed a grudge
You called a cab
I cab your bluff
Watched the meter running while I stood there keeping score
Thought I had the upper hand. You had yours on the door
Now, I'm pacing the kitchen
Retracing decisions
Erasing ans texting the same shit I've written
You wanted commitment
I gave you conditions
Then acted imprisoned, when you kept your distance
I kept receipts of every fight like proof of purchase
So busy proving what you cost
I made you feel worthless
You said, "That's rich," when I accused you of investing less
We split the difference
Neither one of us could live with half
I was civil, when we're mingling
Minimal interaction
Your delivery's considerate
Mine's a little passive
Went from stripping in the hallway to a diplomatic handshake
Now, we both put on a smile that doesn't match the heartache
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
Guess that's just a chapter in a book full of pages
You say that it don't hurt
I say that it's painless
We both know we're lying but we say it with straight faces
Like we never met
Like we never meant it
Tell me how you made forever sound so temporary
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
We had intimate knowledge, turned it into ammunition
Every insecurity came with specific hit instructions
You could finish all my sentences, then finish my self-esteem
We knew how to get a rise but couldn't rise above a thing
I get bitter
You get distant
Then we switch positions
You revisit what I did
I put your tone on trial for bringing it
Both demanding to be heard
Neither listening a little
We could meet beneath the covers
Never meet up in the middle
Now, I'm splitting up the furniture pretending it's arithmetic
You could keep the kitchen table
I can't stomach sitting here with it
Took the bed apart together barely speaking through the bitterness
Last thing we collaborated on was something we were finished with
Ran until you months later, almost slipped into familiar shit
Had a joke I knew would get you held it back and bit my lip
You were standing within reach but I could feel the whole divide
We used to have a future. Now, we struggle for a line
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
Guess that's just a chapter in a book full of pages
You say that it don't hurt
I say that it's painless
We both know we're lying but we say it with straight faces
Like we never met
Like we never meant it
Tell me how you made forever sound so temporary
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
Ran into you last week
You had something in your hair
Almost reached to get it
Caught my hand halfway there
Saw me trying not to
I saw you understand
We both looked down a second, then you brushed it with your hand
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
Guess that's just a chapter in a book full of pages
You say that it don't hurt
I say that it's painless
We both know we're lying but we say it with straight faces
Like we never met
Like we never meant it
Tell me how you made forever sound so temporary
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
I packed a grudge
You called a cab
I cab your bluff
Watched the meter running while I stood there keeping score
Thought I had the upper hand. You had yours on the door
Now, I'm pacing the kitchen
Retracing decisions
Erasing ans texting the same shit I've written
You wanted commitment
I gave you conditions
Then acted imprisoned, when you kept your distance
I kept receipts of every fight like proof of purchase
So busy proving what you cost
I made you feel worthless
You said, "That's rich," when I accused you of investing less
We split the difference
Neither one of us could live with half
I was civil, when we're mingling
Minimal interaction
Your delivery's considerate
Mine's a little passive
Went from stripping in the hallway to a diplomatic handshake
Now, we both put on a smile that doesn't match the heartache
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
Guess that's just a chapter in a book full of pages
You say that it don't hurt
I say that it's painless
We both know we're lying but we say it with straight faces
Like we never met
Like we never meant it
Tell me how you made forever sound so temporary
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
We had intimate knowledge, turned it into ammunition
Every insecurity came with specific hit instructions
You could finish all my sentences, then finish my self-esteem
We knew how to get a rise but couldn't rise above a thing
I get bitter
You get distant
Then we switch positions
You revisit what I did
I put your tone on trial for bringing it
Both demanding to be heard
Neither listening a little
We could meet beneath the covers
Never meet up in the middle
Now, I'm splitting up the furniture pretending it's arithmetic
You could keep the kitchen table
I can't stomach sitting here with it
Took the bed apart together barely speaking through the bitterness
Last thing we collaborated on was something we were finished with
Ran until you months later, almost slipped into familiar shit
Had a joke I knew would get you held it back and bit my lip
You were standing within reach but I could feel the whole divide
We used to have a future. Now, we struggle for a line
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
Guess that's just a chapter in a book full of pages
You say that it don't hurt
I say that it's painless
We both know we're lying but we say it with straight faces
Like we never met
Like we never meant it
Tell me how you made forever sound so temporary
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
Ran into you last week
You had something in your hair
Almost reached to get it
Caught my hand halfway there
Saw me trying not to
I saw you understand
We both looked down a second, then you brushed it with your hand
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
Guess that's just a chapter in a book full of pages
You say that it don't hurt
I say that it's painless
We both know we're lying but we say it with straight faces
Like we never met
Like we never meant it
Tell me how you made forever sound so temporary
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
How did we do all that just to become strangers?
