Coffee After Midnight

Coffee after midnight Cold rain on the glass I still keep the light on For a love that doesn' t ask There' s a chair across the table Where you used to leave your coat I don't talk about you often But I write what I don't show There' s a song inside the kitchen Playing softer than before I can hear the kettle breathing Like it' s waiting by the door I'm not lonely every evening I don' t break at every sound But some memories move quietly When the city settles down Coffee after midnight I don' t sleep, I just pretend I don't want to call you I just miss who we were then Coffee after midnight Bitter on my tongue I got older in the silence But a part of me stayed young I saw your face in a window Not your face, but something close Just a stranger with your shoulders And the way you wore your coat It was over in a second But it followed me for blocks Funny how a heart remembers What the mind already lost I can laugh when friends are laughing I can say I' m doing fine But the room gets kind of hollow When the clock forgets the time Coffee after midnight I don't sleep, I just pretend I don' t want to call you I just miss who we were then Coffee after midnight Bitter on my tongue I got older in the silence But a part of me stayed young Maybe we were never broken Maybe we were just too small Trying to hold a whole forever In a room with paper walls Maybe you were not the ending Maybe I was not the same Maybe love can leave so gently You still whisper its name Coffee after midnight I don' t sleep, I just pretend I don't want to call you I just miss who we were then Coffee after midnight Bitter on my tongue I got older in the silence But a part of me stayed young Coffee after midnight Cold rain on the glass I still keep the light on For a love that doesn' t ask