by sombr · 2024
“Back to Friends” by Sombr is about the emotional struggle and confusion that comes after crossing the line between friendship and intimacy, questioning whether it’s possible to return to being just friends after sharing a deeply personal and vulnerable moment together.
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‘back to friends’ by sombr is a song about the complicated feelings that come after two people cross the line between friendship and something more. We’re going to talk about what this song really means and why it sticks with us. ⬇️
From the very first notes, the song wraps us in a late-night haze—soft, fragile, a little bit haunted. The atmosphere feels heavy with longing, as if we’re witnessing the aftermath of a moment that changed everything between two people.
The chorus is a punch to the gut: “How can we go back to being friends when we just shared a bed?” That single question circles like a restless thought at 3 AM, refusing to let us sleep. We can feel the ache of wanting to rewind time, while knowing too much has happened to ever pretend nothing changed—it’s heartbreak and denial, tangled up in sheets and memory.
️ In the verses, the story sharpens—there’s tenderness (“Touch my body tender”) but also fear and hesitation (“I was scared to take a breath, didn’t want you to move your head”). These lines capture the intimacy of the moment, but also the looming dread that follows—the sense that something precious has been lost, or maybe never truly existed outside that room. When the lyrics mention “the devil in your eyes,” the song admits to the lies and self-deceptions both people cling to, even as they drift apart.
What sombr ultimately lays bare is the impossibility of erasing closeness, the awkward dance between pretending and remembering, and the haunting knowledge that sometimes, after crossing certain lines, there’s no way “back to friends.”
Writer(s) of back to friends: Shane Boose
