the one beside you

country soul, cinematic ballad, jazz-influenced country

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[Intro Hook]
Your friends look through me kindly
Like stained glass catching rain

[Verse 1]
Polite enough to hold me
But never learn my name
And I laugh too hard at nothing
Just to make the silence break
While you bloom without trying
And I wilt the same old way
You say you hate attention
But it gathers at your feet
And you don't know what that does
To the quiet one across the seat

[Pre-Chorus]
And God I wish that I were easy
Like the girls who don't overthink
But my heart spills out my body
Every time somebody speaks

[Chorus]
I'm only the girl beside you
The shadow in your holy light
The one nobody's looking at
Trying not to cry tonight
You're the window everyone sees through
I'm the wall behind the frame
And I know this isn't your fault
But it still sounds like your name

[Verse 2]
I've got a mirror in the hallway
That I've stopped walking past
Tired of doing all that math
That I could never make add up
Sometimes I wish that I could trade this skin
For a quieter kind of heart
Just to know there's a version of me
Somebody might want from the start

[Pre-Chorus]
And God I wish that I were easy
Like the girls who don't overthink
But my heart spills out my body
Every time somebody speaks

[Bridge]
You never asked to be the sun
You never asked for any of this
I built the whole comparison
And handed you the list
I don't want you to dim your light
I just want to find my own
Somewhere underneath the shadow
That I've been standing in alone

[Final Chorus]
I'm done being the girl beside you
Stepping out of someone's light
Gonna learn to take up space again
Even if it takes all night
You're the window everyone sees through
But I'm done living in the frame
And this sadness isn't your fault
And it doesn't need your name

[Outro]
It doesn't need your name
It doesn't need your name
I'm learning how to say my own
And mean it just the same

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[Intro Hook] Your friends look through me kindly Like stained glass catching rain [Verse 1] Polite enough to hold me But never learn my name And I laugh too hard at nothing Just to make the silence break While you bloom without trying And I wilt the same old way You say you hate attention But it gathers at your feet And you don't know what that does To the quiet one across the seat [Pre-Chorus] And God I wish that I were easy Like the girls who don't overthink But my heart spills out my body Every time somebody speaks [Chorus] I'm only the girl beside you The shadow in your holy light The one nobody's looking at Trying not to cry tonight You're the window everyone sees through I'm the wall behind the frame And I know this isn't your fault But it still sounds like your name [Verse 2] I've got a mirror in the hallway That I've stopped walking past Tired of doing all that math That I could never make add up Sometimes I wish that I could trade this skin For a quieter kind of heart Just to know there's a version of me Somebody might want from the start [Pre-Chorus] And God I wish that I were easy Like the girls who don't overthink But my heart spills out my body Every time somebody speaks [Chorus] I'm only the girl beside you The shadow in your holy light The one nobody's looking at Trying not to cry tonight You're the window everyone sees through I'm the wall behind the frame And I know this isn't your fault But it still sounds like your name [Bridge] You never asked to be the sun You never asked for any of this I built the whole comparison And handed you the list I don't want you to dim your light I just want to find my own Somewhere underneath the shadow That I've been standing in alone [Final Chorus] I'm done being the girl beside you Stepping out of someone's light Gonna learn to take up space again Even if it takes all night You're the window everyone sees through But I'm done living in the frame And this sadness isn't your fault And it doesn't need your name [Outro] It doesn't need your name It doesn't need your name I'm learning how to say my own And mean it just the same

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