You lean in close like it’s nothing,
say my name like it’s air,
like it doesn’t hit different
when you say it like that right there.
We laugh and it lingers too long,
your shoulder brushing my sleeve,
you call it just how you are—
I call it something I can’t leave.
Pre-Chorus
You talk about her like she’s sunlight,
like she’s everything you need,
and I nod like I’m fine with it
while I’m quietly bleeding.
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Chorus
’Cause you’re a straight line,
cut clean through my world,
and I’m a crooked heart
falling out of rhythm for you, boy.
Yeah, I bend where I shouldn’t,
break just to feel close,
you get to walk away—
I’m the one who feels it the most.
You were never mine,
but God, I play the part,
standing right beside you
with this crooked heart.
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Verse 2
You say “you’re like a brother,”
and I swear I almost laugh,
’cause if this is family,
why does it feel like that?
You pull me in when you’re lonely,
push away when it’s real,
I memorize every version of you
you don’t even know you reveal.
Pre-Chorus
Sometimes I catch you looking—
just a second too long,
but then you blink and it’s gone again
like I just got it wrong.
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Chorus
’Cause you’re a straight line,
cut clean through my world,
and I’m a crooked heart
falling out of rhythm for you, boy.
Yeah, I bend where I shouldn’t,
break just to feel close,
you get to walk away—
I’m the one who feels it the most.
You were never mine,
but God, I play the part,
standing right beside you
with this crooked heart.
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Bridge
And maybe in another life
you’d reach for me the same,
say my name like it matters
without having to explain.
But here I’m just the almost,
the what-if you don’t see,
the line you’ll never cross
even if it’s killing me.
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Final Chorus (stripped / softer, then build)
You’re a straight line…
and I’m still bending for you.
Yeah, I’m a crooked heart,
learning how to break in two.
You get to walk away,
like none of this was real,
but I’ll be here remembering
every little thing you didn’t feel.
You were never mine—
I knew it from the start…
still I stayed too close
with this crooked heart.
