One Eye Open

You used to leave   the hallway light on   ---   I still notice   when it's off   ---   Stupid thing   to remember   ---   But I do   ---   (hhh)   ---   They say people leave   all at once   ---   That's not true   ---   First it's texts   ---   Then jokes   ---   Then habits   ---   Then you   ---   --- PRE HOOK ---   I kept finding   proof of you   ---   In places   you already left   --- END PRE HOOK ---   ---   --- CHORUS ---   I keep one eye open   ---   Not waiting   ---   Just checking   ---   To see if it hurts less   yet   ---   I keep one eye open   ---   You keep slipping   out of view   ---   Like a photograph   left in the sun   ---   Trying to hold on   to you   --- END CHORUS ---   ---   I know all who slup'd you   ---   I know your little games   ---   I know which side   of the bed stayed cold   ---   After you quit coming over   ---   Funny what survives   ---   When everything else doesn't   ---   --- BUILD ---   Nobody tells you   the hardest part   ---   Isn't losing someone   ---   It's learning   new routines   --- END BUILD ---   ---   --- CHORUS ---   I keep one eye open   ---   Not waiting   ---   Just checking   ---   To see if it hurts less   yet   ---   I keep one eye open   ---   You keep slipping   out of view   ---   Like a photograph   left in the sun   ---   Trying to hold on   to you   --- END CHORUS ---   ---   I took the long way home   for six months straight   ---   Just in case   I'd see your car   ---   Never did   ---   Still took that road   ---   That's the kind of thing   people don't admit   ---   The little stupid rituals   ---   The almosts   ---   The what-ifs   ---   The conversations   you keep having   with nobody there   ---   Yeah   I know those too   --- END RAP ---   ---   --- BREAKDOWN ---   I don't want you back   ---   That's the part   nobody believes   ---   I just don't know   what to do   ---   With all the places   you still exist   --- END BREAKDOWN ---   ---   --- FINAL CHORUS ---   I keep one eye open   ---   Not waiting   ---   Just checking   ---   To see if it hurts less   yet   ---   I keep one eye open   ---   You keep fading   a little more   ---   And honestly   that's probably   how it's supposed to go   ---   Goodnight