Photos flood my screen again
Back when weekends never ended
Burgers flipped and beers in hand
Cracking jokes we didn't plan
I was there right by your side
Smoke and laughter, full of pride
But life don't ask who wants to stay
It just pulls us all away
I'm better off alone
Don't call, don't write, don't check my phone
We had our time, but that's long gone
And reaching out just feels all wrong
If I mattered, you'd have shown
So maybe I'm just better off alone
Tagged in posts from drunken nights
Dumb tattoos and busted fights
We swore we'd never lose the thread
But every thread just snapped instead
I ain't mad, I'm just tired
Of being the one who still admired
Moments you don't think about
While I replay them with doubt
I gave more than I should've had
And walked away just feeling bad
I'm better off alone
Don't fake the bond through dial tones
You've got your world your kids, your wife
Guess I just don't fit that life
And maybe I was overgrown
So yeah, I'm probably better off alone
Sometimes I wish I still belonged
That we could pick up like nothing's wrong
But I always feel like second best
Or just a name you half-forget
So I'll stop digging through the years
Can't relive the laughs and beers
I was the friend who always showed
I was the heart you never owed
Now I'm the ghost you never call
And maybe that explains it all
I'm better off alone
Don't need your likes, your hollow tone
I've buried what I thought we'd keep
You're just a memory I grieve
And if I ever made you whole
You left that out when you let go
So yeah, I'm better off
I'm better off alone
