At a Distance

I don’t mind standing far behind

If I get to see you shine from a distance

When your world starts to shape

When I’m around, your smile disappears

So I stay back… I stay back

Ayy, yeah

It’s been so long, you ain’t the girl that I cherished

We talked forever, now your love feel embarrassed

Used to dream of wedding rings, but you ghosted the carriage

Now you postin’ thirst traps like affection’s a challenge

You ain’t hit my line in months, but you still play our song

Funny how your playlist know that something feels wrong

I hope you find what you search for behind the red tint

Hope the makeup hide the pain that you won’t ever admit

Heard you out here in the hills tryna capture the glow

But filters can’t replace what the real ones know

Yeah, your name still come up when I walk through the town

They say, “Bro, she changed”—I just smile and nod down

I ain’t bitter, I’m just wise to the tricks that you learned

Girl, you lit a match, but forgot love burns

Maybe time’ll bring peace, maybe not, I don’t chase

But the girl I once knew disappeared with your face

Mmm

Come quickly, out from the snowfall

Sit by the fire, I made you tea

I still wonder how your heart’s been

You never know when love might leave

Still playin’ the victim, still cryin’ online

Actin’ like I broke you, but you was breakin’ me fine

Used to pray for your peace, now I pray from afar

You used to need my light—now you feed off the dark

Let you crash at my crib when the world felt too loud

Checked in with your mom when you vanished from town

Told you truth, not what flattered—guess that made me the enemy

I ain’t expose your flaws, I protected your legacy

I still got those texts saved, but I never go read

I just scroll past your name like it’s nothin’ I need

You the coldest girl I met, but the finest one too

Guess love ain’t love if it’s only true for a view

You ain’t just hurt me, girl, you broke what we built

Now I’m tryna scrub you off, but you stained me with guilt

People still ask why I don’t try to win you back

But I lost myself in you—ain’t no point in that

I don’t mind standing far behind

If I get to see you shine from a distance

When your world starts to shape

When I am around, your smile disappears

So I gaze… at a distance

At a distance…