Paper Ring Between Worlds

[Verse 1]
You were born in the glow of a screen
Half a face in a borrowed frame
I traced your name in the dust on my desk
Till the dust started spelling my name
I bought coffee for two
Just in case
Kept a seat like a shrine at the bar
Every night I rehearsed what I'd say
To a shadow that lived in my heart
[Chorus]
I'm in love with a rumor
With a breath that never came
You are perfect on the paper
I am tearing at the page
Every kiss is just a daydream
Every touch
A missing scene
You get clearer
I get thinner
Like I'm fading from the screen
[Verse 2]
Friends talk and their voices go distant
Moving mouths I can’t understand
All the color is drained from the hallway
But your eyes glow bright on my hand
I keep waking up soft on the ceiling
Looking down at a body asleep
You’re the only thing holding me earthbound
But you’re stitched from my need and belief
[Chorus]
I'm in love with a rumor
With a breath that never came
You are perfect on the paper
I am tearing at the page
Every kiss is just a daydream
Every touch
A missing scene
You get clearer
I get thinner
Like I'm fading from the screen
[Bridge]
If I stop believing
Will you go
Or will I?
If I reach out to meet you
Do I cross
Or do I die?
You say nothing
Just smile in the silence
As the walls bleed right through my hands
All that’s left is your head on my shoulder
And my feet stepping out of the land (oh)
[Chorus]
I'm in love with a rumor
With a breath that never came
You are perfect on the paper
I am tearing at the page
Every kiss is just a daydream
Every touch
A missing scene
You get clearer
I disappear here
Till you're real
And I’m the one that’s make-believe

Moody alt-pop ballad over rumbling sub-bass and hollow percussion; female vocals, intimate and close in the verses, widening into ghostly stacked harmonies in the chorus. Sparse piano and distant vocal chops trace the melody; choruses bloom with eerie pads and low choir swells, ending on a soft, unresolved tonic that lingers., romantic, female vocals