Skip This Part
by Evechon Music · Alt-Pop
You're fine until the elevator plays that song from last July, and suddenly you've forgotten how to act right and pressed the wrong floor. "Skip This Part" is for anyone who wishes life had a remote to fast-forward past the ache and wake up already healed.
Lyrics
Intro
Skip this part
I know where it goes
Skip this part
I’ve seen it before
Verse 1
I was fine till the elevator
Played that song from last July
Same three notes in the corner speaker
And I forgot how to act right
Pressed the wrong floor by accident
Stood there staring at the door
Somebody asked if I was getting out
I said, “Yeah,” but I wasn’t sure
Your sweater’s gone from my hallway
Your toothbrush left with you
But there are still some little landmines
In the normal things I do
I can eat at our old place now
I can sleep on either side
But certain songs still find a way
To get underneath my pride
Pre-Chorus
I don’t want you back
I don’t want to call
I just hate how fast
One memory can fall
Right into the room
Like it pays rent here
I keep moving on
Then it reappears
Chorus
Can we skip this part
Where the music gets too honest
And I pretend I don’t remember
Every word you used to promise
Can we skip this part
Where my chest gets heavy
And I tell myself I’m over it
But I’m not over it already
I can do the days
I can make them mine
I can laugh with friends
I can say I’m fine
But when the wrong song starts
And the lights go dark
I wish I could skip this part
Post-Chorus
Skip this part
Skip this part
Before it gets too close
Skip this part
Skip this part
I already know
Verse 2
There’s a table by the window
Where we always used to sit
Now I pick the one by the kitchen
Like that changes what it is
I still order something different
Just to prove I’m not the same
But the waiter says your first name
When he means mine by mistake
I don’t hate you like I wanted
That would be easier to hold
There are people who leave softly
And somehow leave you cold
I’m not broken on the outside
I don’t make a scene
But some nights I miss the version
Of myself you got to see
Pre-Chorus
I don’t want you back
I don’t want to call
I just hate how fast
One memory can fall
Right into the room
Like it pays rent here
I keep moving on
Then it reappears
Chorus
Can we skip this part
Where the music gets too honest
And I pretend I don’t remember
Every word you used to promise
Can we skip this part
Where my chest gets heavy
And I tell myself I’m over it
But I’m not over it already
I can do the days
I can make them mine
I can laugh with friends
I can say I’m fine
But when the wrong song starts
And the lights go dark
I wish I could skip this part
Rap Verse
I don’t check your page, I don’t ask around
I don’t say your name when I’m out downtown
I got new routines, got my place cleaned up
Got a new black jacket and a different haircut
But the mind plays tricks in a quiet cab
Backseat glass with the rain like that
One old chorus from a passing car
And I’m right back there where the first cut starts
It’s not drama, it’s not tears on the floor
It’s the small kind of hurt that gets through the door
When the night slows down and the room gets sharp
That’s when I need to skip this part
Bridge
Maybe healing is boring
Maybe that’s why it works
Maybe I don’t feel better
I just notice it hurts
A little less often
A little less loud
A little more like weather
Passing through town
Final Chorus
Can we skip this part
Where the music gets too honest
And I pretend I don’t remember
Every word you used to promise
Can we skip this part
Where my chest gets heavy
And I tell myself I’m over it
But I’m not over it already
I can do the days
I can make them mine
I can laugh with friends
I can say I’m fine
But when the wrong song starts
And the lights go dark
I wish I could skip this part
Outro
Skip this part
Skip this part
Before it gets too close
Skip this part
Skip this part
I already know