(Verse 1)
You walk in, sunlight on your skin
Laughing like you don’t know what you’re in
But I see the shadows in your eyes
Every secret you’ve been taught to hide
Your hand in his, but your gaze on me
And suddenly I’m drowning quietly
Trying not to breathe your name
Trying not to spark your flame
(Pre-Chorus)
Every time you brush past
I feel the future we can’t have
And God, it kills me slow…
But I still can’t let it go
(Chorus)
’Cause you’re a borrowed flame
And I burn just the same
Even though you’re someone else’s
I’m helpless, I’m restless
You’re the sin I taste in every breath I take
A mistake I’d make again and again
Yeah, I want you in the worst way
But you’re a borrowed flame
(Verse 2)
He holds you like he never doubts
But your silence always gives you out
I see the tremble in your smile
A storm you’ve hidden all this while
If timing were a kinder thing
You’d be mine, not just a dream
But I’m stuck here loving what I can’t touch
And damn—it hurts too much
(Pre-Chorus)
Every night I lie awake
Wondering how long I can fake
Pretending I don’t feel this
Pretending I don’t miss us
(Chorus)
’Cause you’re a borrowed flame
And I burn just the same
Even though you’re someone else’s
I’m helpless, I’m restless
You’re the sin I taste in every breath I take
A mistake I’d make again and again
Yeah, I want you in the worst way
But you’re a borrowed flame
(Bridge)
If love were lawless
If hearts were honest
You’d run to me in the dark
But in this life, we’re strangers
Bound by quiet dangers
And fear of breaking someone else’s heart
(Final Chorus)
Still you’re my borrowed flame
And I’m burning just the same
Every second that I fight it
You ignite it, can’t deny it
You’re the ache I feel in every whispered thought
The forever that I never got
And I want you… God, I want you
But you’re a borrowed flame
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