Close Then Gone

{dreamy electric guitar

pluck} {simple repeating synth motif}

(mmmmm) {distant atmospheric pad} Last week you were sleeping at mine,

This week you ain't got the time,

One night you're telling me I'm all you need,

Next day I can't get a reply.

You say, "Don't make this serious," Then get jealous when I'm moving

on, I know exactly how this shit goes,

Still pick up every time you call.

You got your dress on,

going downtown, Couple drinks and you're different now,

I tell myself I don't give a fuck,

Then I'm checking if you're still out.

{conversational half-sung male vocals,

light 808 sub, minimal hi-hats} I know,

I know, I should probably let you go,

But you know, you know,

Exactly how to pull me close.

{vocal harmonies swelling, filter sweep opening up} You get close,

then you go ghost,

Say you want me,

then you don't, Two A.M.,

you're on my phone,

By the morning, you don't know.

Out all night with your friends again,

I see your story,

don't know where you've been,

You pull me in just to push me away,

Then come right back when I stop chasing.

{drop, melodic hypnotic lead vocal,

thick 808 slide} You only miss me when I'm gone,

Only love me after something's wrong,

Tell your friends that we're nothing serious,

Then you're in my bed till dawn.

Maybe I'm stupid, maybe you're scared,

Maybe there's something still hiding there,

Every time I think we're finally good,

You disappear like I wasn't there.

Now you're drinking somewhere without me,

And I'm acting like it don't bother me,

Could have anybody in this whole damn room,

Still wishing you were coming home with me.

{drum pattern drops out on last line} Don't say forever,

Just stay tonight, We're bad together,

But it feels too right.

You hate getting close,

I hate goodbyes, So we keep doing this

Every damn night.

{subdued low-pass filter beat,

atmospheric guitar pads} You get close,

then you go ghost,

Say you want me,

then you don't, Two A.M.,

you're on my phone,

By the morning, you don't know.

Out all night with your friends again,

I see your story,

don't know where you've been,

You pull me in just to push me away,

And I still let you come back

anyway. {explosive final hook,

maximum melodic intensity,

vocal harmonies} Close... ghost...

don't know... {drums fade out,

only repeating guitar pluck and reverbed vocals left} (yeah) (ghost...)