[Intro, Soft Guitar Picking + Hazy Synth] (Grandma’s box of memories... click-click, reveal...) [Verse 1, Gentle Indie Flow] She pulled it from a velvet drawer A little card from ‘64 Said, “Scratch here, and you’ll see The Eiffel Tower or a willow tree” And I would laugh, so easily The wonder was enough for me Colors glowing under foil Magic tucked in paper soil [Pre-Chorus, Rising] Now I walk the same four blocks Watch your shadow slip through clocks You’re always just one blink ahead And I’m still scratching with regret [Chorus, Lush Guitars + Harmonic Lift] You're my scratch & view A picture almost true I wanna peel you open, slow But your edges never show You're just beyond my touch Like film I can’t develop much I reach and reach — but I can’t break through You're my scratch & view [Verse 2, Lo-fi Texture Returns] You tie your laces by the store I trace your shape from corner 4 We’ve never shared a single word But I hum yours like a song unheard You don’t look up, not once, not ever Still I believe we’re tethered together Your silence draws me like a frame But love’s a game I can’t reclaim [Pre-Chorus, Softer Whisper] And maybe that’s the trick of light To want what's always out of sight I press my coin, I wear it thin But the picture won’t begin [Chorus, Swell with Melancholy] You're my scratch & view A picture almost true I wanna peel you open, slow But your edges never show You're just beyond my touch Like film I can’t develop much I reach and reach — but I can’t break through You're my scratch & view [Bridge, Stripped-Back Guitar + Echoing Vocals] Maybe my arms were never long Or maybe the foil is just too strong But every day, I chase the glow And every day, I never know... [Final Chorus, Fading with Warm Guitars] You're my scratch & view Half a dream I can't undo I keep a coin inside my sleeve Still hoping for a day you’ll see But I’m a frame you’ll wander past A ghost stuck in nostalgic glass I reach and reach — but I can't break through You're my scratch & view [Outro, Distant Melody, Gentle Whisper] (So close… never new…) (You were always… scratch & view)
