My Life Before You

I was smoke without a fire

Just drifting through the days

Collecting little pieces

Of a life in different shades

Alarm at seven thirty

Coffee getting cold

Same songs on repeat

Same stories never told

I thought that this was living

That quiet was the same as peace

But everything was missing

And I didn't even see

My life before you

Was just background noise

A half-written story

Without any voice

Colors barely showing

Heart on low battery

My life before you

Wasn't really me

I wore my solitude like armor

Said „I'm fine“ with perfect smile

Knew every crack in every ceiling

Stayed up way too long a while

Friends were mostly echoes

Love felt like a rumor I heard

I was safe but going nowhere

Like a parked and empty car

You weren't even coming

But the universe was kind

'Cause something in me whispered

„Wait… your real life starts in time“

My life before you

Was black & white TV

A demo of a feeling

That never set me free

I was breathing, I was moving

But I wasn't really there

My life before you

Was just empty air

And then you happened like a power surge

Like summer rain in February

Suddenly the silence had a melody

And all the lonely parts of me

Started learning how to sing

My life before you…

God, it feels so far away

Like another person's memory

Fading in the light of day

Now every room is warmer

Every heartbeat tells the truth

Thank you for arriving

And waking up my youth

My life before you

Was just rehearsal, love

The real show started

The moment you showed up