Borrowed Light

[Verse 1]
I wake up tired of pretending
This glow is something I own
Every shine I’ve been wearing
Belongs to someone else’s home

I’ve been standing in reflections
Calling them my name
Trying to feel warmer
In somebody else’s flame

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[Pre-Chorus]
I smile just enough to pass
But it don’t reach the bones

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[Chorus]
I’m living on borrowed light
Holding on through borrowed nights
Trying to make it feel like mine
Before it fades out of my life

Borrowed light
Borrowed time
Everything I touch
Just passing by

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[Verse 2]
Credit keeps the room lit
Faith keeps breaking thin
I say “I’m fine” so often
It almost sounds like truth again

I’ve been paying for tomorrow
With pieces of my past
Every promise feels rented
Nothing built to last

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[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need much to survive
Just something real to hold

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[Chorus]
I’m living on borrowed light
Burning low, but still alive
Trying to see myself
In the dark between the lines

Borrowed light
Borrowed breath
Praying this glow
Outruns the debt

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[Bridge – stripped / near whisper]
If I go quiet
Don’t call it giving in
Some fires don’t go out
They just learn how to dim

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[Build – backing vocals soft]
(Hold on…)
(Just a little more…)
(Hold on…)
(Till it’s yours…)

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[Final Chorus – fuller, emotional]
I’ve been living on borrowed light
But I still know how it feels to shine
If I last long enough
Maybe what’s mine will arrive

Borrowed light
Borrowed pain
Still beating
Still awake

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[Outro]
Morning comes
No spotlight
Just me
And what’s left of the light

Blues, female singer