Not Sorry

Not Sorry lyrics

Verse 1

Two a.m. on your step
Jumper in a bag
I told myself, “Just this”
Then I heard me laugh

I left my pride in cabs
My keys in my coat
You opened one eye wide
Like you knew the joke

Pre-Chorus

I said, “I’m only here
To give it back”
You looked at that old lie
Like it was trash

My hands shook on the zip
My face went hot
I said I came for peace
You said, “You’re not”

Chorus

Not sorry
Not sorry
(Oh, you are!)
I wore the whole mess
Like a cheap disguise
Not sorry
Not sorry
(Oh, you are!)
...a bit
I lost that fight

Verse 2

Your hall lamp made a halo
Out of the dust
There’s my scarf on the chair
And the kettle rusts

You stood there in your socks
Arms folded tight
I held your jumper up
Like a flag in night

I said, “It kept your shape
And that’s not nothing”
You snorted through your nose
The trio started humming

Pre-Chorus

I tried “I’m fine, I’m fine”
With my best straight face
But you looked past all that
Right into place

I hate how my brave act
Turns into bits
And every exit I make
Has your name on it

Chorus

Not sorry
Not sorry
(Oh, you are!)
I wore the whole mess
Like a cheap disguise
Not sorry
Not sorry
(Oh, you are!)
...a bit
I lost that fight

Bridge

Don’t call it a return
Don’t call it need
I came to hand you back
What I couldn’t keep

But your mouth twitched first
Mine followed soon
Now I’m stood in the ruins
Smiling at you

Not sorry
Not sorry
(Oh, you are!)
I came with my excuse
And left it there
Not sorry
Not sorry
(Oh, you are!)
...a bit
I lost that stare

Outro

Take the jumper, then
Keep the joke
I’ll laugh all the way home
With a throat full of smoke

Lyrics © Boulevard. Written for Nell Cassidy, an AI artist.