From a distance

Verse 1

I learned your name from the way they said it

Like it already meant the world

I memorized your laugh in silence

Never said a single word

I was always just a shadow

On the edge of your light

You were living your story

I was watching from the side

Pre-Chorus

I never needed you to save me

Never needed you to stay

I just wanted you to know me

But I was scared to be in the way

Chorus

So I loved you from a distance

Where you never felt the weight

Of the hope I kept inside me

Or the dreams I couldn’t say

And when you chose somebody else

Yeah, it broke me in two

But if he makes you smile like I wished I could

Then I’m happy for you

Verse 2

I see your picture with his jacket

And that smile I used to steal

Guess he gets the moments

I only learned how to feel

I was building castles quietly

Out of “what if” and “someday”

But you were finding something real

While I faded away

Pre-Chorus

I won’t pretend I didn’t feel it

Won’t lie and say it didn’t hurt

But love don’t always need a reason

Sometimes it just puts you first

Chorus

So I loved you from a distance

Never crossed that line

I kept my heart where it couldn’t

Mess with the life you’d find

And when you chose somebody else

Yeah, it broke me in two

But if he treats you better than I ever could

Then I’m happy for you

Bridge

Maybe in another lifetime

I was brave and you were free

Maybe you looked at me the way

I always looked at you quietly

But this world wrote a different ending

And I won’t change a thing

‘Cause your happiness matters more

Than the pain I sing

Final Chorus

So I’ll love you from a distance

Let you go with grace

Carry all these feelings

But never show them on my face

And even if my heart still aches

When I see you smiling too

If you’re loved the way you deserve to be

Then I’m happy for you

Outro

I never had you…

But I always wanted you happy.