Verse 1
We were diamonds in hotel light
Champagne ghosts and city nights
You wore my jacket in the winter rain
Said my name like it meant something
Black card burning, engines loud
Too much smoke in crowded rooms
We were dancing on the edge of hell
Calling it “living young”
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Pre-Chorus
Now I replay every memory
Like a film with the colours drained
And I can’t tell what hurt me more
The silence… or the way you changed
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Chorus
So tell me now
Was any of it real?
When the lights died down
Did you still feel?
Would you love me in the cold
Without the parties, drugs and gold?
Or was I just a place to stay
Till the music faded away?
Did you ever love me?
Or love the life around me?
‘Cause the moment I fell apart
You disappeared without a scar
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Verse 2
No more rooftops, no more highs
No more strangers in neon light
Just me staring at unpaid bills
Trying to survive myself
Funny how the room got quiet
When the money stopped flowing free
Guess it’s easy loving someone
When they bleed in luxury
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Pre-Chorus
And maybe I was hard to hold
Maybe I lost who I became
But you were gone before the dust
Before I even learned my name
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Chorus
So tell me now
Was any of it real?
When the lights died down
Did you still feel?
Would you love me in the dark
Without the fast life falling hard?
Or was I just escape and smoke
A temporary overdose?
Did you ever love me?
Or just the world around me?
‘Cause the second I became too much
You let go without a touch
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Bridge
I still defend you in my mind
Still blame myself some nights
But love shouldn’t vanish
The second life gets hard
And maybe that’s the answer
Maybe pain makes truth appear
‘Cause the girl who swore forever
Couldn’t survive one broken year
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Final Chorus
So tell me now
Was any of it real?
Or was I only valuable
When I numbed the way we’d feel?
Now the house is quiet
And the mirror tells the truth
You didn’t leave when I lost money
You left when I lost the illusion too
Outro
Was it love…
Or just the lights?
Was it us…
Or just the life?
Greyline