[Verse 1] You found that quiet corner Where all your colors shine Laughing in a photograph That doesn’t have my light I still trace your name On tables, in my head Talking to a future That picked you up instead [Chorus] I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life I know you’ll burn bright in somebody else’s sky But why can’t it be, can’t it be mine? Why can’t it be, can’t it be mine? [Verse 2] You say you’re doing better You say the weight is gone I play the good believer Pretend I’m moving on But every little sunrise Feels like a borrowed time Watching from the cheap seats While you belong to the night [Chorus] I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life I know you’ll burn bright in somebody else’s sky But why can’t it be, can’t it be mine? Why can’t it be, can’t it be mine? [Bridge] Maybe in another town We get the timing right (oh) Maybe in another room You reach for me at night I hold you in the silence Only in my mind Only in my mind (my mind) [Chorus] I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life I know you’ll burn bright in somebody else’s sky But why can’t it be, can’t it be mine? Why can’t it be, can’t it be mine? Why can’t it be, can’t it be mine?
