[Verse 1]
You were tying up your hair
Coffee going cold between our hands
Suitcase waiting by the door
Like it already knew the plan
You asked
“Are you sure?”
Eyes tracing every crack in me
I laughed a little too hard
So you wouldn't hear me bleed
[Chorus]
That was the last time I said I love you
Last time it tasted like the truth
Felt it shaking in my throat
Felt it cut straight through
That was the last time I said I love you
Did you feel the ending too?
Kissing you under the hallway light
Already losing you
[Verse 2]
Your shirt hanging off my frame
I memorized the way it fell
You were talking future tense
I was folding up farewell
You held my face too long
Like you sensed a missing piece
I pulled your hands from my cheeks
Turned the tremor into tease
[Chorus]
That was the last time I said I love you
Last time it wasn't just a line
Tasted salt on your skin
Couldn't tell if it was mine
That was the last time I said I love you
Soft against your collarbone
Heard my own voice breaking
Calling you
Letting go
[Bridge]
[Soft piano
Faint guitar echo]
If I had stayed quiet
Would you have followed me out?
If I had lied politely
Would I still hear you now?
Those three words in the doorway
Still circling this room
The first time they set me free
Was the last time they were true
[Chorus]
That was the last time I said I love you
Last time it burned in my chest
Every “I love you” I’ve said since then
Feels like wearing someone else
That was the last time I said I love you
Last time you really knew
I walked away with the echo
You kept the living proof
[Outro]
Pavement in the morning rain
My phone lit up
I let it ring
Mouth forming your name
But I didn't say a thing