Corner of My Eye

[Verse 1]
Your wife laughs in the kitchen
Plates, glasses, low TV
We’re “watching the game” on the sofa
But you keep turning back to me
Your knee brushing my denim
Every time the room leans right
You say, “Man, that call was brutal”
But your voice is way too tight
[Pre-Chorus]
I stare at the screen
Don’t see a thing
Every replay
Is just your skin
[Chorus]
From the corner of my eye
You’re all I see
Like a secret set on fire
Right beside me
If I move an inch closer
We cross that line
From the corner of my eye
You’re already mine
[Verse 2]
I notice your hand is shaking
When you reach out for your beer
There’s a stain on your team’s white jersey
From the bottle, from the fear
From the hallway light behind us
Shadows tangle, overlap
I feel your breath change tempo
When my fingers brush your lap
[Pre-Chorus]
I should stand up
I should go home
But in this house
I’m not alone
[Chorus]
From the corner of my eye
You’re all I see
Like a secret set on fire
Right beside me
If I move an inch closer
We cross that line
From the corner of my eye
You’re already mine
[Bridge]
Crowd noise rising
We sit still
Your pulse, my pulse
The louder thrill
If love looks wrong
From where they stand
Why does it feel
Like this is planned?
[Chorus]
From the corner of my eye
You’re all I see
Every rule we ever followed
Coming undone quietly
If I move an inch closer
We change our lives
From the corner of my eye
You’re already mine

rock, Moody romantic rock ballad with male vocals; clean arpeggiated electric guitar and warm bass in the verses, building to wide open distorted guitars and crashing cymbals in the chorus. Intimate close-mic vocal at first, then lifting into a powerful, strained hook. Subtle organ pad and delayed lead guitar licks add ache and tension; final chorus pulls everything up a step for catharsis, then drops to a single guitar chord to end., romantic, ballad