Fabric Softener Dreams

[Intro]
[Verse]
Fluorescent hum against the glass
Watching all the minutes pass
Smell of bleach and summer rain
Suddenly I hear your name
Or maybe just a ghost of it
The puzzle piece that used to fit
[Pre-Chorus]
You’re holding up a faded tee
The one you stole away from me
In August back in ninety-nine
When everything was feeling fine
[Chorus]
Oh, what a spin
Where have you been?
The dryer’s turning slow
I don’t want to go
Is there a ring?
Or just a string?
Tied around your heart
Where do we even start?
[Post-Chorus]
Folding sheets in the neon light
Maybe we could stay all night
Just us and the detergent steam
Lost inside a laundromat dream
[Verse]
You laugh about the blueberry mess
I'm looking at your summer dress
Quarters clicking on the floor
I haven't seen that smile before
Well, not since the boardwalk pier
It’s getting kind of warm in here
[Hook]
Wash, rinse, repeat the feeling
Staring at the peeling ceiling
Are you alone?
Checking your phone?
[Chorus]
Oh, what a spin
Where have you been?
The dryer’s turning slow
I don’t want to go
Is there a ring?
Or just a string?
Tied around your heart
Where do we even start?
[Bridge]
Static cling and electric sparks
Walking through the empty parks
That was then, but this is now
I'd ask you but I don't know how
To say the words without a slip
The coffee’s cold, I take a sip
[Verse]
The buzzer sounds, the cycle’s done
I thought that you were the only one
You’re stacking up your whites and greys
Thinking back to better days
You look at me, I look away
Nothing left for us to say
But the air is thick with "maybe so"
I guess I'll never really know
[Chorus]
Oh, what a spin
Where have you been?
The dryer’s turning slow
I don’t want to go
Is there a ring?
Or just a string?
Tied around your heart
Where do we even start?
[Outro]