[verse 1] You never touched me, but I swore I felt you breathing on my skin A shadow leaning through the door A love that never did begin [chorus] I loved the idea of you Not your hands, but the hush of the want Not your eyes, but the way they could haunt Every part of me aching for truth You were never mine, but still I knew I loved the idea of you [verse 2] You lived in lines I left unwritten In half-asleep, imagined scenes A ghost I wrapped in silk and rhythm And fed with all my in-betweens [chorus] I loved the idea of you Not your lips, but the breath that I chased Not your voice, but the echo I laced Into every dream I stitched in blue You were never real, but still I grew To love the idea of you [outro] Mmm... A name I whispered to the night A flame that never took the spark You were just a dream But you filled up all my dark
