[Verse]
There’s a shadow in the doorway
And I know his name
He’s the ghost I’ve been chasing
But I’m stuck in this frame
Her eyes hold a story
But it ain’t mine to tell
I’m the echo of her laughter
The stone in the well
[Prechorus]
And I wonder
Oh I wonder
When the tide pulls me under
[Chorus]
I’m always the other guy
The one left behind
Not the fire in her heart
Just the flicker in her mind
She smiles through me
Like a wind through the pines
I’m always the other guy
Never the one she finds
[Verse 2]
I wear borrowed glances
Like a coat too thin
Every road I wander feels like where he’s been
Her words
Like a river
Flow where I can’t tread
I’m the verse she forgets
The note left unsaid
[Chorus]
I’m always the other guy
The shadow in her glow
Not the song in her chest
Just the hum she lets go
She looks past me
Like the stars in the snow
I’m always the other guy
The one she won’t know
[Bridge]
There’s a seat at the table
But it’s never quite mine
Like a clock with no hands
Just a pause in the time
I’m the crack in the window
The creak in the floor
A name she won’t whisper
A knock on the door