Right Person, Wrong Time

[Verse 1]
You laugh
My chest aches
Like something blooming through the pain
Every glance you throw my way
Runs straight into my vein
You talk about your future
I nod
Pretend it’s fine
Writing all the words I’ll never say
In the margins of my mind
[Chorus]
You’re the right person
Wrong time
That forbidden line I trace in my head
What if we’d met in another life instead?
You’re the answer my heart gave
To a question I can’t ask out loud
Right person
Wrong time
And I’m too proud
To tell you now
[Verse 2]
You brush past
Small sparks
I swallow them like rain
Hide the shaking of my hands
Deep beneath my skin and vein
We joke about our bad luck
I almost say
“me and you”
Bite it back and taste the metal
Of a truth I can’t undo
[Chorus]
You’re the right person
Wrong time
That forbidden line I trace in my head
What if we’d met in another life instead?
You’re the answer my heart gave
To a question I can’t ask out loud
Right person
Wrong time
And I’m too proud
To tell you now
[Bridge]
What if I’d called that night? (what if)
What if you’d turned and stayed? (what then)
Every little what if
What if
Writing ghosts across my days
You smile and say
“some things
Just aren’t meant to be”
I bleed another silent maybe
Where you can’t see
[Chorus]
You’re the right person
Wrong time
That forbidden line I trace in my head
What if we’d met in another life instead?
You’re the answer my heart gave
To a question I can’t ask out loud
Right person
Wrong time
So I keep you safe somehow
In a hidden place
You’ll never know about

Moody alt-pop ballad with intimate male vocals, soft piano and muted electronic drums; verses stay hushed and close-mic’d, chorus blooms with warm pads, sub bass swells, and stacked harmonies; subtle reverse delays and vocal chops lift the “what if” hook, bridge strips back to piano and a single vocal line before the final, resigned chorus