Half Sent Confession - Midnight Letters (Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Emo Pop)

[Intro]
Streetlight spills through blinds
Headlights draw thin lines
Traffic whispers low
My phone won't buzz—just glow
I swear the night remembers
Our unsent words like embers
I keep my heart in airplane mode, so it won't roam
But it circles your name like it's trying to come home

[Verse 1]
Draft folder heart
Three dots on my screen
I type "I'm fine"
Then backspace what I mean
Coffee gone cold
Blue light on my skin
Your name in the bar
And my thumb hovers again

[Pre-Chorus]
Every line I write
Sounds softer than the ache
Saving every version
That I'm scared to make

[Chorus]
This is my half-sent confession
Sitting in the dark
Unsent
Unsure
All of the words I never mentioned
Pressed in my hands like a folded note
If I hit send
If I let it go
Would you stay
Would you turn your phone?
This is my half-sent confession

[Verse 2]
Scroll through our past
Like a train that won't pass
Screenshots like old songs
Covering up all the wrongs
You laughing in loops
Like it never came loose
I type "I miss you," then change it to "Hey"
Watch the cursor blink like it's asking what I'll say

[Pre-Chorus]
Every truth I hide
Hums under what I fake
I'm pacing through the quiet
While the silence shakes

[Chorus]
This is my half-sent confession
Sitting in the dark
Unsent
Unsure
All of the words I never mentioned
Pressed in my hands like a folded note
If I hit send
If I let it go
Would you stay
Would you turn your phone?
This is my half-sent confession

[Verse 3]
I take the long way home
Past your old streetlight
Where my shadow used to fit
Next to yours just right
Storefronts closing down
I'm a ghost in this town
I mouth your name in the rain
Like it doesn't sound like pain

[Pre-Chorus]
If I send the real thing
I can't edit what you see
I'm tired of the almost
But the almost feels like me

[Chorus]
This is my half-sent confession
Sitting in the dark
Unsent
Unsure
All of the words I never mentioned
Pressed in my hands like a folded note
If I hit send
If I let it go
Would you stay
Would you turn your phone?
This is my half-sent confession

[Verse 4]
Morning tries to find me
At the edge of the shade
I replay every warning
Every promise I delayed
Your last "take care"
Still burns behind my eyes
Like you knew I'd turn my feelings
Into unsent goodbyes

[Pre-Chorus]
I've been holding my breath
So long it feels like proof
But love shouldn't be a secret
Just to keep it safe from you

[Bridge]
(low vocal register)
Maybe you're asleep
Or staring at your own
Almost-honest message
You're afraid to show
(whispered vocals)
If we're both this lonely
Typing circles 'round the real
One small tap could tell you
Exactly how I feel

But my finger freezes
On the edge of "I need you"
Like truth is a siren
And I'm driving right through
I keep rehearsing courage
In the hush of this room
Turning love into a draft
So I can't lose it to you

[Chorus]
This is my half-sent confession
Sitting in the dark
Unsent
Unsure
All of the words I never mentioned
Pressed in my hands like a folded note
If I hit send
If I let it go
Would you stay
Would you turn your phone?
This is my half-sent confession

[Outro]
The draft is still open
Like a door I can't close
City glow on my ceiling
Where your absence goes
Maybe I'm getting closer
To saying what I know
But tonight I'm still here
With this half-sent confession