needle and thread

Every now and then, I go back again
Unpacking the boxes in the closet, should've thrown 'em out
But I couldn't then and I wouldn't now
Must be something in the scraps of us to wrap my head around

Was a part of a pattern, needle and thread
A step on your ladder, a notch on your bed
You said forever, sewed us together
Then you just left, tore me to shreds
I was a lover, now I'm a ghost
A detail you only see if you look close enough
It's all I was

But hey, I still loved you
For what it's worth, I loved you
And I'll never know what it all meant to you
But at least I could be of some use
Just someone to love you
'Cause really, I loved you
And maybe it's fine that I'm only a thread
Stitching you up for the next one

For the next one
For, for, for, for, for, for the next one
For the next one
For, for, for, for, for, for the next one

Maybe that's the point, to love without return
To love just for the moment even if it isn't very long
And maybe it's okay to finally stitch it up
To put the past in past tense even if it all sounds wrong

I try to forgive, you left me in tatters
That's how you live, reaching for something
You still go running when it gets real
When you start to feel
And now you're happy and now I'm not
Well, baby, I'm happy you're happy
It's close enough
It's close enough

But hey, I still loved you
For what it's worth, I loved you
And I'll never know what it all meant to you
But at least I could be of some use
Just someone to love you
'Cause really, I loved you
And maybe it's fine that I'm only a thread
Stitching you up for the next one

For the next one
For, for, for, for, for, for the next one
For the next one
For, for, for, for, for, for the next one

I don't know, I don't know
How the story goes
All I know is I loved you
I loved you
I don't know, I don't know
How the story goes
All I know is I loved you
I loved you