Someone Else’s

I saw your smile across the room

Like sunlight I was meant to miss

You laughed, and for a moment

I forgot the truth I’m living with

You talk about your world so free

And I pretend I’m just a friend

But every word you say to me

Is where my silence begins

I keep my hands in my pockets

So they don’t reach for what’s not mine

I keep my heart in the shadows

‘Cause loving you crossed a line

‘Cause you’re someone else’s forever

Someone else’s midnight prayer

I’m just the name you don’t say

When you’re wishing I was there

I love you quiet, I love you lonely

From the far side of what could’ve been

You’re someone else’s forever

And I’m the love that never begins

I memorize the way you speak

Like I won’t hear it someday

I hold onto borrowed moments

I know I’ll have to give away

If loving you is a sin

Then I’ll confess it to the night

‘Cause wanting you feels so wrong

But not wanting you feels like a lie

So I smile like it doesn’t hurt

Like my heart’s not keeping score

Like I don’t feel the weight of you

Every time you walk out the door

‘Cause you’re someone else’s forever

Someone else’s chosen one

I’m just the echo in the dark

After the day is done

I love you honest, I love you broken

With a hope I don’t defend

You’re someone else’s forever

And I’m the love that never begins

Maybe in another lifetime

I’d say your name out loud

Maybe fate would blink and miss us

And we’d be something now

But here I stand, doing the right thing

Even though it tears me apart

Letting you go while I hold you

In the quiet chambers of my heart

You’re someone else’s forever

And I won’t steal what’s not mine

I’ll carry this love in silence

And leave it behind the line

I love you still, I always will

But some loves are meant to end

You’re someone else’s forever

And I’m the love that never begins

So if you ever feel a breeze

When there’s no one around

That’s just my heart learning

How to love without a sound