From the recording Pet Loss & Love That Remains
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
A notification chimed--
“On This Day,” from years ago.
It’s you and me at the park,
sun low, the grass all gold.
You’re smiling at the camera,
tongue out in easy breeze,
and the caption just said “Happy.”
It dropped me to my knees.
[Pre-Chorus]
The screen lights up the kitchen,
like nothing’s changed at all.
[Chorus]
My phone still thinks you’re here--
it doesn’t know you’ve gone.
It keeps on showing me your face
from breakfast into dawn.
My camera roll’s a shrine,
my cloud is full of you.
My phone still thinks you’re here,
and in a way, I do.
[Verse 2]
It auto-makes a slideshow,
with music soft and bright.
Says, “Relive your favorite moments”--
I swipe and lose the night.
An ad suggests new dog food,
a collar, toys in blue.
The algorithm doesn’t know
what I can’t teach it to.
[Pre-Chorus]
Your name still autocompletes,
my thumbs still type it through.
[Chorus]
My phone still thinks you’re here--
your tag in every frame.
It sorts you by your face and eyes
and files you by your name.
There’s voicemail I can’t play,
and routes we used to do.
My phone still thinks you’re here,
and in a way, I do.
[Bridge]
Calendar says “vet next week.”
I stare, then let it be.
Maps offers “home?” like you and I
are walking home with me.
[Chorus]
My phone still thinks you’re here--
I let it have that truth.
If memory is all I get,
I’ll live inside that proof.
I’ll keep the tiny pings,
the photos shining through--
My phone still thinks you’re here,
and part of me does too.
My phone still thinks you’re here.