She don’t wear her ring when we’re alone
Says it don’t mean much, just a weight she’s grown
Got a laugh that lights the dark in me
But a heart chained down by history
She talks about dreams she never chased
How she traded passion for a safer place
Every touch, it burns like truth
But she’s torn between the old and the new
If things were different, she’d be mine
We’d dance beneath a freer sky
But she’s holding on to what she knows
Even though her soul wants to let go
She says, “I love you, but I’m scared to fall”
So I just love her through it all
If things were different…
Maybe she’d be mine
I see the way her eyes beg for more
But guilt is heavy when hearts are at war
She’s built a life on promises made
But now those vows feel like a cage
She don’t ask me to wait or stay
Still I’m here, just in case one day
She finds the courage to choose her heart
And tear the in-between apart
If things were different, she’d be mine
We’d chase the wind, leave pain behind
But she’s caught in a world that don’t forgive
The kind of love we’re trying to live
She says, “I love you, but I can’t break free”
So I just love her silently
If things were different…
Maybe she’d be mine
I don’t want to be the reason she cries
But I can’t help the way I feel inside
Some nights she dreams of running away
But morning always gets in the way
If things were different, we’d be real
Not just shadows of what we feel
But she’s wearing a name that ain’t mine
And breaking hearts don’t stop time
She says, “I love you, but I’ve got to stay”
So I just watch her walk away
If things were different…
She’d be mine today