I clean the room like I don’t care
Play your favorite songs like they’re just there
Tell my friends I’m sleeping fine
But the dark keeps messing with my mind
Put your things in a box last week
Still ain’t moved it off the seat
I guess I’m slow with letting go
Didn’t think it’d take this long, you know
It’s taking longer than I thought
To stop checking if you called
To drink my coffee without your name
To walk my street and feel the same
I don’t cry, not all the time
But every night’s a quiet fight
Guess I’m still where you forgot
It’s just taking
Longer than I thought
You look okay in photos now
Even laugh the way I taught somehow
I don’t like, I don’t react
But I rewind more than I act
It’s taking longer than I thought
To stop answering you in my thoughts
To stop waiting when I hear a tone
Like maybe you’re coming home
I’m not stuck, but I’m not free
I just float where you used to be
Moving on’s not what I got
It’s just taking
Longer than I thought
And I don’t want you back, that’s true
But I didn’t plan this much of you
It’s taking longer than I guessed
To forget your side of my chest
To say goodbye and make it stay
To not pause at your name all day
I laugh loud, I dance, I try
But your goodbye still says hi
Maybe someday I’ll stop
But it’s taking
Longer than I thought