Version of you

Verse 1)

Scrolling through the frames until I saw your face

A flash of something real in a digital space

I didn't see the mask, I saw the soul inside

The version of your heart that you try to hide

A golden silhouette against the city rain

The high I wanted more than I feared the pain.

(Pre-Chorus)

But the days got heavy and the light grew thin

The shadows started crawling underneath your skin

Now the person in my arms is a stranger’s ghost

And I’m losing the one that I loved the most.

(Chorus)

I’m in love with the girl that you could be

But she’s locked in a cage and she lost the key

Now I’m drowning in the static of the here and now

Watching the fire burn out somehow

High hopes, cold ground

The silence is the only sound

I’m in love with the girl that you could be

But you won’t let her out to stay with me.

(Drop)

(Heavy, driving bassline)

(Vocal chop: "Could be... stay with me...")

(Verse 2)

Every bitter word is a wall you build

A promise broken and a dream unfilled

You’re caught in the moments that break your grace

While I’m still searching for that first-date face

The distance in the room is a miles-wide sea

Between who you are and who you're meant to be.

(Outro)

I saw the light in you.

Where did it go?

Just a ghost in the static.

I’m still waiting.