Already Over Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We been talkin' for hours
'Bout how we shouldn't talk for hours on end
Kissin' after a conversation
'Bout how we'd probably be better off as friends

[Pre-Chorus]
Same time here next weekend
Say we won't do this again
Make me fall where I stand
Only like you can

[Chorus]
Yeah, I say I'm done, but I'm still confused
How am I supposed to close the door when I still need the closure?
And I change my mind, but it's still on you
How am I supposed to leave you now that you're already over?
How am I supposed to leave you now that you're already over?

[Verse 2]
Selfishly don't wanna give you
Time to be on someone else's lips (Ah)
But I'll take three short hours over
Three long weeks pretendin' like we don't exist, hmm (Ah)

[Pre-Chorus]
Same time here next weekend
Say we won't do this again
Make me fall where I stand
Only like you can
[Chorus]
Yeah, I say I'm done, but I'm still confused
How am I supposed to close the door when I still need the closure?
And I change my mind, but it's still on you
How am I supposed to leave you now that you're already over?
How am I supposed to leave you now that you're already over?

[Bridge]
After the aftermath, I know you'll be comin' back
To the back bedroom and it won't be the last
Of the aftermath, I know you'll be comin' back
To the back bedroom and it won't be the last time

[Chorus]
I say I'm done, but I'm still confused
How am I supposed to close the door when I still need the closure? (Ooh)
And I change my mind, but it's still on you
How am I supposed to leave you now that you're already over?

[Outro]
Yeah, I like my bed, but it likes you too
How am I supposed to leave you now that you're already over?

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In “Already Over,” Carpenter explores the fragility of relationships that should’ve ended already, she takes us through a relationship between her and someone else where they know should’ve stayed friends, but haven’t fallen out of their routine of being lovers.

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What did Sabrina Carpenter say about "Already Over"?
Genius Answer

This one happened from a game we were playing in the studio. It was the end of a long week and we were really tired. We split into groups of two and each of us wrote a chorus in 15 minutes, and we’ll rotate so by the end of the hour we’ll have six chorus ideas. If we like any of them, great, we can start that tomorrow and if not, we don’t have to use any of them, it’s fine. I teamed up with John Ryan, who produced the song. We wrote this slow, Beatles-y-sounding song called “Closure.” And it’s a different melody, but the lyric was “How am I supposed to leave you now that I know you’re already over?” I have this feeling where sometimes I can’t leave my own house. So if you’re here, like, what am I supposed to do? You’re already here, it’s too late.

– via Rolling Stone

How did Brina describe the writing of this song?
Genius Answer

It was a fun way to write about it in a way that didn’t weigh me down like some of the other songs did. Sometimes writing some of the songs on the record was cathartic and I was crying and it wasn’t fun. This one should feel sad, because it’s such a strenuous feeling that you continuously need closure with a person and it’s never fully finished — but that’s also life. You’re never going to get the perfect closure or ideal scenario when something is ending, because things ending always hurts. Y’know?

–via Rolling Stone

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