Aftertaste
Loud Luxury Lyrics

Oh, oh, ah-ha, ha
Introductory sounds that do not have a specific meaning but introduce the song

You don't know what you did to me, what you did to me
Expressing how the person had a significant impact on the singer's life

Sitting all alone I forgot, I forgot the way, that you'd say my name
The singer recalls how the person used to say their name and misses it

Why'd you keep me close enough to love you?
Questioning why the person allowed the artist to get close with love and then leave

When your heart stayed closed, not what you wanted?
Asking if the person's heart was closed and if that was not what they wanted

Why'd you keep me close
Repeating the previous question to emphasize the confusion and frustration

Just to let me go?
Wondering why the person let the singer go after getting close

Even though I kno-o-ow
Acknowledging the truth of the situation

That you're really go-o-one
Admitting that the person is no longer present in their life

Crazy that I won't give up on you
Expressing that the artist still has feelings for the person, despite knowing they are gone

Should be moving o-o-on
Recognizing that they should be moving on, but struggling to do so

But you're the one I wa-a-ant
Confessing that the person is still the one they desire

So I hold onto your Aftertaste, a-aftertaste, a-aftertaste, oh
The singer holds onto the memory of the person through their aftertaste

Lying in bed I can feel the space, pillows can't replace
Feeling the emptiness without the person and knowing that nothing can replace their presence

Plans that we made let them go, let them go to waste, you're still haunting me
Reflecting on the plans they had made together that will never come to fruition and how the person's memory still lingers

Aftertaste, a-aftertaste, a-aftertaste, oh
Repeatedly emphasizing the memory of the person through their aftertaste

Even though I kno-o-ow
Repeating the acknowledgement of the truth of the situation

That you're really go-o-one
Reiterating that the person is gone

Should be moving o-o-on
Stating that they should be moving on

So I hold onto your Aftertaste, a-aftertaste, a-aftertaste, oh
The artist continues to hold onto the memory of the person through their aftertaste

So I hold onto your
The artist repeats their desire to hold onto the aftertaste of the person

Crazy that I won't give up on you
Repeating the struggle to let go even though the person is gone