The Apartment We Won’t Share

The Apartment We Won't Share--NIKI “The Apartment We Won’t Share” is the fifth track on NIKI’s sophomore album Nicole. In this song, NIKI revisits the hypotheticals she and her partner created while they were still together, and how it contrasts to the people they are now after the relationship has ended. Some of the things NIKI would’ve aspired to have in her previous relationship’s future are different from what she would want to have today. She recognizes that they’re both different people now, and no longer compatible as they used to be. Lyrics: [Verse 1] The apartment we won't share I wonder what sad wife lives there Have the windows deciphered her stares? Do the bricks in the walls know to hide the affairs? The dog we won't have is now one I would not choose The daughter we won't raise still waits for you The girl I won't be is the one that's yours I hope you shortly find what you long for [Verse 2] Two years and some change, isn't it strange? You're a full-fledged socialist, I go by a new name The filthy joke that won't burrow in the corner Of your smirking lips, I mourn it to this day The story we won't tell is my greatest fantasy The passion I won't feel again isn't lost on me The son you never wanted is the wound your father left And the mother I won't be is probably for the best [Outro] Your demons I won't meet Now someone else's word to keep I'm sure she's beautiful and sweet Not what I wanted But what we need