Double Lives

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Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1
I learned love like a warning sign
Flashing red in the back of my mind
Every smile feels rehearsed somehow
Like a script I don’t trust right now

You say “stay,” but I hear “goodbye”
Even truth starts to sound like a lie
Got my heart in a locked glass case
Every touch leaves a fingerprint trace

Pre-Chorus
I don’t mean to doubt your light
But I’ve been burned by “forever” before

Chorus
They say love’s supposed to feel like home
But mine feels like a war zone
Every word got a shadow behind
Every promise feels misaligned
I wanna believe, but I don’t survive
In a world where we’re living double lives
Yeah, I’m trying, but it cuts too deep
When trust don’t come easy to me

Verse 2
I see ghosts in the things you say
Hear echoes of yesterday
Every “I care” hits a nerve inside
Like I’m bracing for the other side

I don’t wanna paint you the same
But my past keeps calling your name
And I hate how it rewires truth
Turns your love into something to prove

Pre-Chorus
I’m not proud of the walls I’ve made
But they kept me breathing before

Chorus
They say love’s supposed to feel like home
But mine feels like a war zone
Every word got a shadow behind
Every promise feels misaligned
I wanna believe, but I don’t survive
In a world where we’re living double lives
Yeah, I’m trying, but it cuts too deep
When trust don’t come easy to me

Bridge
Maybe not everybody’s the same
Maybe not every fire’s a flame
That’s meant to burn me down again
Maybe I could learn to bend

But right now I’m stuck in between
What I felt and what I’ve seen
Want your truth, but I still defend
Against a hurt that don’t want to end

Final Chorus (softer, then builds)
They say love’s supposed to feel like home
I’m just learning how to let that grow
Every fear got a voice in me
But I’m trying to set it free
I wanna believe, maybe I’ll arrive
Somewhere past all these double lives
Yeah, I’m healing, even if it’s slow
Learning trust isn’t all or no