Used To Be Forever

[Verse 1]
We were kids with matching futures
Drawing rings in dusty notes
Every plan had both our names there
Like it was written in stone
Then came secrets
Then came sorry
Little cracks I tried to hide
Every year a different story
I moved further back inside
[Chorus]
I used to see forever when I looked at you
Now I just see maybes in a crowded room
I still feel that pull when you say my name
But the flame’s burned low
And it’s not the same
I used to swear you were my always
My one true
I still love you
But I don’t know if I’m meant to keep choosing you
[Verse 2]
You still make the coffee how I like it
You still know the songs I play
But my questions sit between us
Every word we never say
I remember holding you like
I could never let you fall
Now I’m here with hands in pockets
Leaning halfway from it all
[Chorus]
I used to see forever when I looked at you
Now I just see maybes in a crowded room
I still feel that pull when you say my name
But the flame’s burned low
And it’s not the same
I used to swear you were my always
My one true
I still love you
But I don’t know if I’m meant to keep choosing you
[Bridge]
If loving you is habit
Is that still love
Or fear?
If I stay because it’s easy
Will I disappear? (oh)
[Chorus]
I used to see forever when I looked at you
Now I trace the distance between me and you
I still feel that pull when you say my name
But it hurts to hold what I can’t reclaim
I used to swear you were my always
My one true
I still love you
But I don’t know if I’m meant to grow old with you

Intimate alt-pop ballad with female vocals; close-mic’d piano and warm pad bed in the verses, subtle sub-bass and soft finger-snap groove under the chorus. Vocal doubles and airy harmonies bloom on the hook, bridge strips back to almost a cappella before final chorus swells with gentle toms and reverb-drenched keys.