[Verse 1]
I knew your porch by heart
The chipped blue rail, the rusted gate
I followed you through summers
Like fog that learned your name
You never saw me crying
Behind the lemon tree
But I was there each winter
When you were scared of me
[Pre-Chorus]
Now you turn your head
Like you heard my step
But the girl in your mirror
Says she’s never left
She wears my grin
And my old red scar
Tell me who I am
If she’s where you are
[Chorus]
Am I real to you?
(Am I real to you?)
Am I real to you?
Or just the bruise you knew
She knows my face
She knows my name
If she’s me, then what am I?
If I fade, who stays?
[Verse 2]
She’s got my laugh in her mouth
My knees, my crooked tooth
Her hands shake when she talks
Like she’s been haunted too
She says she lost her mother
By the creek behind the mall
I never had that memory
But it hurts like I recall
And when she says your name
I feel my bones go thin
Like someone drew my outline
And stepped inside my skin
[Pre-Chorus]
You reach for her hand
Like it’s second nature
And I’m on the porch steps
Watching you both shiver
She says, “I’ve been here”
With my voice in her throat
Tell me who is dreaming
Tell me who I know
[Chorus]
Am I real to you?
(Am I real to you?)
Am I real to you?
Or just the bruise you knew
She knows my face
She knows my name
If she’s me, then what am I?
If I fade, who stays?
[Bridge]
I’m not made of dust
I’m not made of air
But I can’t touch the floor
When I’m standing there
If she is the one
With a pulse, with a breath
Why do I remember
What I never had?
[Final Chorus]
Am I real to you?
(Am I real to you?)
Am I real to you?
Say it, say it true
She knows my face
She knows my name
If she’s me, then what am I?
If I fade, who stays?
Am I real to you?
(Am I real to you?)
Am I real to you?
Or the ghost you knew