If things were different

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