[Verse 1]
You left your jacket
On my kitchen chair
Sleeves still folded
Like you might come back here
Lipstick on the coffee rim
Name burned in my phone
Scroll through every almost-text
Delete them
Still alone
[Chorus]
We’re just heartbreak lovers
Ruining each other
Calling it forever
When we’re running for cover
You say you can’t stay
But you sleep in my sweater
We don’t get better
We just get better
At being heartbreak lovers
[Verse 2]
You show up at midnight
Eyes red
Keys in your hand
Say you hate how you need me
Then you fall where you stand
Tracing all your old scars
Like I can rewrite time
You swear you want to heal
But you reach for the knives
[Chorus]
We’re just heartbreak lovers
Ruining each other
Calling it forever
When we’re running for cover
You say you can’t stay
But you sleep in my sweater
We don’t get better
We just get better
At being heartbreak lovers
[Bridge]
Maybe we’re addicted
To the almost
To the ache
To the shaking in my chest
Every time that you break
Say you’re gone (you’re gone)
Then you’re here (you’re here)
Same fight
Same fear
I’m the wound you press
Just to feel you near
[Chorus]
We’re just heartbreak lovers
Ruining each other
Calling it forever
While we’re pulling one another
You say you can’t stay
But you breathe in my sweater
We don’t get better
We just get better
At being heartbreak lovers
[Outro]
Heartbreak lovers
That’s all we ever were
Name on my tongue
Like a half-finished curse