THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE — HIS SIDE。

[Intro — Whisper] I used to think you drew that line to keep me away. But now I know… You drew it because I never learned where I should stop. Je comprends maintenant. 今なら、わかる。 ⸻ [Verse 1] I blamed the distance I blamed your silence I blamed the door you wouldn’t open But every night I found another answer hidden in the things I didn’t want to see I called it love when I was only asking I called it pain when you said, “No” I kept looking at your footsteps without looking at my own Ce n’était pas toi. It wasn’t you. There was something I had to change. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] So I won’t ask you to erase the line I won’t ask you to come back for me One thing at a time one fear at a time one lie I told myself at a time I’ll change. Not in words. In the way I live. ⸻ [Chorus] On the other side of the line I can see you standing there But I won’t cross it until I know I can meet you without breaking what you fought so hard to save Je ne te demande pas d’attendre. I won’t ask you to wait. Je ne te demande pas de revenir. I won’t ask you to return. I’ll take another step and another and another Until the man who reaches that line is not the man who made you draw it. ⸻ [Verse 2] Some days I move forward some days I find the same old shadow wearing my face I thought changing meant becoming someone else Now I know it means finally seeing myself So I listen before I answer I stay when I want to run I think before I hurt And when I fail I don’t hide behind “I didn’t mean it.” Parce que l’amour n’efface pas les conséquences. Love doesn’t erase what we do. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus II] Maybe you’ll never turn around. That possibility belongs to you. And this road? This one belongs to me. Because even if I never reach your hand I still want to become someone who knows how not to destroy the thing he loves. ⸻ [Chorus II] On the other side of the line your light is still there But now I finally understand It wasn’t a wall built against me It was a boundary built for you Alors je marche. Slowly. Je change. Quietly. No promises shouted into the dark Just one different choice after another Until someday my footsteps themselves can say: I changed. ⸻ [Bridge — Building] I don’t need you to believe me tonight. Don’t trust my words. Watch my days. Watch the choices I make when no one sees. Watch me fall without blaming you. Watch me stand without asking you to carry me. Un pas. One step. Encore un. One more. Encore. Again. Again. Again. ⸻ [Final Chorus — Full Power] I’M STILL ON THIS SIDE OF THE LINE But look— I’m not standing where you left me anymore. I crossed my anger. I crossed my pride. I crossed the part of me that thought love meant you had to stay. And if one day I reach that final line I won’t tear it down. I won’t jump across. I’ll stand there and look into your eyes and ask only once— May I come closer? Si tu dis non… I’ll understand. Si tu dis oui… I’ll take one step. Because loving you was never supposed to mean crossing your line. Maybe love was teaching me how to become someone worthy of being invited across it. ⸻ [Outro — Piano / Male Whisper] The line is still there. But so am I. Not waiting. Not chasing. Changing. Un pas après l’autre. One step after another. And somewhere beyond the line… Je vois enfin la lumière. I finally see the light.