Relapse

I found your shirt behind my sweater
Must’ve been in there all summer long
Like a shot in the arm, like a goodbye letter
For a minute I forgot you were gone

I’m on the way down
I don’t know how I never got past that
I’m in the background
Your memory’s like a relapse

I roll a blunt in my apartment
I look down to the street and I see us
You’re a beam of light, a beautiful narcotic
But I’m alone again on the city bus

I’m on the way down
I don’t know how I never got past that
I’m in the background
Your memory’s like a relapse

Sweetheart it’s true, the waves still crash
Under the boardwalk where we held hands
Sweetheart it’s true, the waves still crash
They never stopped, despite my broken heart

I’m on the way down
I don’t know how I never got past that
I’m in the background
Your memory’s like a relapse

I’m on the way down

You’re a stranger on the west coast
I’m in love with a girl that I don’t know
You’re a stranger on the west coast
I’m in love with a girl that I don’t know