If I Was Someone Better

[Intro – soft guitar]
You showed up like a sunrise
On a night I thought would never end
Said my name like it mattered
Like my heart was something you could mend

And I swear when you look at me
The whole world fades to gray
But loving you is dangerous
In a different kind of way

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[Verse 1]
You’re the kind of boy that people trust
The kind that never learned to run from love
While I’m the storm rolling through your sky
The warning sign you never saw in time

You laugh and say I overthink
That I’m stronger than the ghosts I keep
But if you knew the things I hide
You wouldn’t stand so close tonight

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[Pre-Chorus]
You touch my hand and I forget the truth
That someone like me shouldn’t love someone like you

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[Chorus]
If I was someone better
If my heart was safe and kind
I’d keep you forever
And never say goodbye

But you deserve a sunrise
Not the shadows I’ve become
So I’ll love you from a distance
Even though you’re the only one

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[Verse 2]
You talk about forever
Like it’s something we could hold
Like the world won’t break our hearts
Like we’ll never grow too cold

You say my scars don’t scare you
You say my past don’t matter now
But every angel needs a halo
And mine fell off somehow

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[Pre-Chorus]
When you pull me close I almost believe
Maybe I could be the girl you see

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[Chorus]
If I was someone better
If my heart was safe and kind
I’d keep you forever
And never say goodbye

But you deserve a sunrise
Not the shadows I’ve become
So I’ll love you from a distance
Even though you’re the only one

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[Verse 3]
Sometimes I picture summer nights
Your hand tangled into mine
Dancing in a parking lot
Under broken neon signs

And in that dream I’m fearless
And I finally let you stay
But reality comes crashing in
And steals that world away

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[Pre-Chorus]
Because loving me is walking on a wire
And I’d rather burn alone than watch you catch my fire

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[Chorus]
If I was someone better
If my heart was safe and kind
I’d keep you forever
And never say goodbye

But you deserve a sunrise
Not the war inside my soul
So I’ll love you from a distance
Even if it breaks me whole

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[Bridge – quiet, emotional]
Maybe in another life
Where I’m not afraid to stay
Where the darkness in my veins
Doesn’t push your light away

Maybe we’d be laughing
On a porch at 3AM
And every broken piece of me
Would finally make some sense

Maybe I’d be brave enough
To let your love come through
Maybe I’d believe for once
That I deserve you too

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[Breakdown – soft guitar]
But you shine too bright for me
And I’d rather lose you gently
Than watch your heart bleed

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[Final Chorus – big drums]
If I was someone better
If my heart was safe and kind
I’d keep you forever
And never say goodbye

But you deserve a sunrise
Not the storm I always bring
So I’ll love you from a distance
Even if it ruins everything

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[Outro – soft]
And if someday you forget me
I’ll still whisper your name
Because loving you was the one thing
That never felt like pain.

emo-pop/alt song. It’s raw, sad, but with that numb-but-still-breathing energy, female, rock