You left a cup beside the window
With a little coffee stain
I never washed it out completely
I just let it fade with rain
There’ s a sweater in the closet
That still remembers you
I don’ t wear it in the morning
But I can’ t throw it out too
I thought love would make us braver
I thought time would make it true
But some people are only chapters
You keep reading after they’ re through
You were someone I almost knew
A half- lit room I was walking through
A song I loved, but never learned
A little flame that almost burned
You were close enough to lose
Far enough to turn into
Someone I still talk to
When the night comes blue
Someone I almost knew
I saw your name in a message
From a friend we used to share
It didn’ t break me like it used to
But it left something in the air
I still remember how you laughed once
In the backseat after two
Like the world was getting softer
Just from sitting next to you
I don’ t hate the way it ended
I don’ t blame the things we said
Some goodbyes don’ t sound like thunder
They just echo in your head
You were someone I almost knew
A half- lit room I was walking through
A song I loved, but never learned
A little flame that almost burned
You were close enough to lose
Far enough to turn into
Someone I still talk to
When the night comes blue
Someone I almost knew
Maybe in another weather
Maybe in another town
We would learn to hold it better
We would never let it down
But I’ m here with all the silence
And the shape you left behind
Not a wound and not a rescue
Just a place I visit sometimes
You were someone I almost knew
A half- lit room I was walking through
A song I loved, but never learned
A little flame that almost burned
You were close enough to lose
Far enough to turn into
Someone I still talk to
When the night comes blue
Someone I almost knew
You left a cup beside the window
With a little coffee stain
I never washed it out completely
I just let it fade with rain