In Your Eyes

I can read your whole world when I look into your eyes

Every time you talk about her, I start to realize

You don’t even notice when I’m standing here so close

Like I’m just another name you never really chose

You smile like it’s nothing, like it’s easy, like it’s light

But I see where your heart goes every single time

And I try to act like I don’t already know the truth

That I’m invisible when I’m standing next to you

I almost said it once, but you looked away too fast

And I got lost inside the moment that I couldn’t last

In your eyes, I’m not the one you’re looking for

I’m just the space between the life you want and more

I could be everything you never stop to see

But you only see the world you’re dreaming into me

In your eyes, I’m standing right in front of you

But I disappear the moment that your focus moves

And I don’t know how to make you understand the lies

That I’m already breaking in your eyes

You talk about her like she’s written in the sky

And I nod like it doesn’t twist me up inside

Every word you say just pulls you further out of reach

While I memorize the way you never look at me

And I stay a little longer than I probably should

Hoping somehow I’ll become what you think I could

But I’m just the friend you never really learn to see

While you’re building every dream that doesn’t include me

And I wonder if you’d notice if I stepped away

Or if I’m just background noise you never think to play

In your eyes, I’m not the one you’re looking for

I’m just the space between the life you want and more

I could be everything you never stop to see

But you only see the world you’re dreaming into me

In your eyes, I’m standing right in front of you

But I disappear the moment that your focus moves

And I don’t know how to make you understand the lies

That I’m already breaking in your eyes

If you ever really looked at me the way I look at you

You’d see a different story hiding in your view

But I’m just the one you miss without a second glance

Lost inside a moment you never gave a chance

In your eyes, I’m not the one you’re looking for

I’m still waiting where I’ve always been before

I could be everything you never stop to see

But you only see the world you’re dreaming into me

In your eyes, I’m standing right in front of you

But I disappear the moment that your focus moves

And I don’t know how to make you understand the truth

That I’ve been falling every time I look at you

If only there were glasses

to make my love be seen

But then you’d have to choose

and I don’t think you’d choose me