Past Tense

Baby, I found a new piece of you Buried inside me this afternoon Next to the memories I should've put in a box Baby, there must be a piece of me Still can't believe that we're history I called you my girlfriend again and I know I should stop But I can't face the truth Don't you know I can't let you go So I just pretend like you're still coming home I left on the light and unlocked the door 'Cause I miss the sound of your steps on the floor I know that you're gone and everything's changed So why do I love you exactly the same? It doesn't make sense Us in the past tense Baby, I think there's a part of me That wishes I could take back everything Go back in time and erase the first night that we met But I can't face the truth Don't you know I can't let you go? So I just pretend like you're still coming home I left on the light and unlocked the door 'Cause I miss the sound of your steps on the floor I know that you're gone and everything's changed So why do I love you exactly the same? It doesn't make sense Us in the past tense Oh, oh-do-do-do Oh-do-do-do, oh-do-do-do (us in the past tense) Do, lo-do-do-do Oh-do-do-do, oh-do-do-do Don't you know I can't let you go? So I just pretend like you're still coming home I left on the light and unlocked the door 'Cause I miss the sound of your steps on the floor I know that you're gone and everything's changed (oh) So why do I love you exactly the same? (Oh) It doesn't make sense Us in the past tense