You were movie-screen perfection
City lights and magazine smiles
Every girl in every small town
Had your picture for a while
Your name rolled off everybody’s lips
Like some Hollywood daydream
While I was just another stranger
Blending into every scene
You walked red carpets, flashing cameras
I worked late shifts out of sight
You belonged to everybody
I could barely hold eye contact right
Still somehow in a crowded room
With all those girls in between
You looked right past the spotlight
And walked straight over to me
Chorus
You were Heath Ledger famous
Golden-boy beautiful
The whole world wanted your attention
So how’d you want me most?
I was invisible background
You were everybody’s dream
So how’d a heart the whole world chased
End up chasing me?
Still can’t say your name out loud
Without wondering how
Someone so unforgettable
Ever saw me now
Yeah the whole world tried to hold you
But somehow you saw me
At first it felt impossible
Like I’d wake up any second now
You’d laugh and realize I wasn’t
The kind of girl stars write about
But you learned all my little habits
Every fear I tried to hide
And one night when the world felt heavy
You said, “You’re safe here in my arms tonight”
There were nights the world pulled at you
Everybody wanted a piece
But when all the lights went dark
You still came home to me
Chorus
You were Heath Ledger famous
Every room turned when you walked in
Girls built whole fantasies around you
Before they even knew your skin
But somehow when the crowds all vanished
And the noise got hard to breathe
You still looked at me like I was
Everything you’d ever need
Still can’t say your name out loud
Without wondering how
Someone so unforgettable
Ever saw me now
Yeah the whole world tried to love you
But somehow you chose me
Bridge
Maybe love don’t care about status
Maybe souls don’t see those lines
Maybe underneath the headlines
You were searching just like I was inside
And maybe all the lights around you
Never shined the way they seemed
Cause when nobody else was looking
You were just a soul like me
Final Chorus
You were Heath Ledger famous
But tonight you’re here with me
No cameras, no flashing lights
Just your hand reaching for me
And after all the girls who wanted you
After every possibility
You still turn around and whisper
“You’re the only one I see”
Still can’t say your name out loud
Without wondering how
The whole world was looking at you
But somehow you saw me
Yeah somehow you saw me
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