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Save You a Seat

For a friend gone too soon at twenty-six — "I still save you a seat." Bittersweet and warm, not maudlin.

Friend → FriendGone Too SoonIndie FolkFemale Vocals

Save You a Seat

[Verse]
Nineteen, broke, and way too loud
Splitting fries at two a.m.
You laughed like the room was already yours
And somehow it always was, back then

[Chorus]
Jess, you would've loved this — all of it (all of it)
I still save you a seat, I can't quit
I get good news and reach for my phone (reach for my phone)
You're the call I still make on my own

[Verse]
They say it gets easier — it does
Not lighter, just easier to hold
I tell your stories to people who missed you
So you keep meeting strangers, never old

[Chorus]
Jess, you would've loved this — all of it (all of it)
I still save you a seat, I can't quit
I get good news and reach for my phone (reach for my phone)
You're the call I still make on my own

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
(mmm, Jess)
I used to feel guilty laughing without you
Now I laugh louder — it's what you'd do
you're not the missing. You're the proof.

[Final Chorus]
Jess, you would've loved this — all of it (all of it)
I still save you a seat, I can't quit
I stopped waiting for it to stop hurting (stop hurting)
You're the call I still make on my own

[Outro]
(oh, Jess)
On my own

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