She Never Left

(shh… you hear the piano?)
1:47 in the morning (mm)
Coat check kept my jacket, the night kept the rest
Her song just came on by mistake (oh no)
DJ… DJ, wait (wait, wait)
Hold that record… hold it… (okay, okay)
This one's for anybody dancing alone tonight

Quarter to two and the floor still full
I was fine till the piano pulled
That first chord landed like her perfume
Now I'm frozen in a moving room
Three hundred people and one empty space
Glass in my hand going warm and flat
Her name's still saved — I should fix that
But the log drum knocks like it knows my chest
So I walk to the booth with one request

Say it with me if you've lost someone too
Lift your phone light if the song found you
I'm not leaving till the drum runs dry
So DJ, look me in the eye

(eye to eye… drop it)

DJ! (play am again)
One more spin for the midnight men (play am)
I'm not crying, na the smoke machine (play am)
If the song is playing, she never left

Again, again (play am)
Louder now (play am again)
Say it loud — she never left

Three weekends running, same corner spot
Same request writing what I forgot
The barman knows, he don't charge me twice
He just slides the water and drops the ice
First week I couldn't stand the tune
Week two caught me humming at the moon
Tonight I danced through the whole first verse —
Shoes on the floor where her shoes would be
Healing's just replaying till it hurts less. Rehearse.

Say it with me if you've lost someone too
Lift your phone light if the song found you
I'm not leaving till the drum runs dry
So DJ, look me in the eye

DJ! (play am again)
One more spin for the midnight men (play am)
I'm not crying, na the smoke machine (play am)
If the song is playing, she never left

Again, again (play am)
Louder now (play am again)
Say it loud — she never left

Log drum only — everybody hum (mmm, mmm)
If you know the words, sing it for her
If you don't know the words, dance it for her
Nobody's checking your face in here
The lights are low for a reason, my dear
Shoulders down, let the drum decide
Two-step forward, leave the hurt outside

Corner table: "she kept the dog"
By the speaker: "he moved up north"
Girl by the rail: "don't ask, just play"
Whole floor: we're not okay — and that's okay
Barman lifts his towel like a flag
Even security's nodding to the snag

Okay… this part's not for the booth
Wherever you are, here's the truth
I don't want you back — I want me back
The man who could hear this and not react
So I borrow the drum till my ribs unlearn you
One spin at a time, I return you
Not tonight, but one of these Fridays soon
I'll hear the first chord and just… enjoy the tune

(bring the log drum back… gently… now)

DJ! (play am again)
One more spin for the midnight men (play am)
I'm not crying, na the smoke machine (play am)
If the song is playing, she never left

DJ! (play am again!)
One more spin for the midnight men (play am!)
I'm not crying, na the smoke machine
If the song is playing, she never left

For the rail girl, for the man up north
For every heart still learning the steps
Say it loud — again, again
If the song is playing, she never left

Lights up… no, not yet (not yet)
One more spin, my friend (just one more)
Same time next week? (you know already)
Same booth, same corner, same request, same code
If the song is playing… she never left