Some habits
Outlive
The reasons
We started them
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You’d always leave your coffee there
Half gone, cooling in the air
Windows cracked to let night breathe
Nothing asking us to leave
The city’s wearing yesterday
Neon washing everything
Your reflection crossed the glass
Before the traffic started moving
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We hardly spoke
Back then
Maybe that’s why
I remember every silence
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Passenger side
Where your shadow used to fall
Every red light
Feels a little too long
Passenger side
Nothing left behind
Except the way
I still slow down
When I reach your street
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Receipt folded in the door
Don’t remember what it’s for
Maybe coffee, maybe gas
Funny how small things always last
You’d lean your head against the glass
Counting lights we never passed
Didn’t need to make a plan
Being there was always enough
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The seatbelt still
Twists the same way
Like it knows
You’ll be back someday
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Passenger side
Morning starts to bloom
But midnight
Never really moved
Passenger side
Nothing says goodbye
Some roads keep driving
Long after the ride
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Engine off
Door unlocked
…
I still wait
Before getting out
