You looked at me like I was someone else, Like my reflection lied to you itself, Put me in a dress I never wore before, Called me a name that wasn't there. I tried to bend ‘til I broke in two, Painted my lips in the shade of you, Every time you said “don’t change a thing,” It felt like a kiss with a razor underneath. You held me close, but you were gone, Dancin’ with a memory all alone. I was love with a pulse and skin, But you loved the dream you were sleepin' in, You kissed my mouth, but your eyes were closed, Baby, I know… You were in love with a ghost. I tried too hard to wear her face, Lost myself tryna take her place, Now I’m walkin’ out of your shadow slow, Yeah, I know… You were in love with a ghost. I learned her walk, I learned her sigh, Learned how to drown in another woman’s life, Every “you’re perfect” cut through my now, Bled your before into anyhow. I ain’t a photograph you can frame, I bleed too real to play your game, I ain’t your yesterday’s déjà vu, I’m flesh and fire, not a memory of you. You don’t see me when I cry your name, You just see her eyes in my face. I was love with a pulse and skin, But you loved the dream you were sleepin’ in, You kissed my mouth, but your eyes were closed, Baby, I know… You were in love with a ghost. I tried so hard to become her face, Lost myself tryna take her place, Now I’m walkin’ out of your shadow slow, Yeah, I know… You were in love with a ghost. Don’t dress me in a yesterday dress, Don’t crown my head with her regrets, I won’t fade just to make you whole, I won’t disappear for your role. If you ever wanna love someone true, You gotta take her as she comes to you, Not a echo, not a trace, But a heartbeat in real time and space. Say my name… And mean my name. I was love with a pulse and skin, But you loved a dream you were livin’ in, Now my eyes are wide open, I’m walkin' whole, Yeah, I know… You were in love with a ghost. I’m takin’ all my truth back home, I won’t be lonely just ‘cause I’m alone, If you ever wanna love me so, Love me here… not a ghost. I was real… Even then.
