Title: “Between What’s Real and What I Feel” Verse 1 There’s a quiet kind of fire I don’t show Burns in moments no one else would ever know In a laugh, in a glance, in a passing line I replay it like it’s more than just in my mind I go home, and the world is good and right But there’s a shadow in the corner of the light Not a place, not a plan I’d ever choose Just a feeling I don’t know how to lose Pre-Chorus I tell myself it’s nothing, let it fade But it comes back stronger every time I wait Chorus I don’t want to change my life I don’t want to cross the line But I want you here tonight Like a thought I can’t unwind You’re a moment I can’t keep You’re a feeling I can’t own You’re the peace I shouldn’t need In a place that’s not my home And I know it’s not real But it feels so real ⸻ Verse 2 We talk, and it’s easy, it just flows Like there’s something underneath we never show You’re just kind, you’re just you, nothing more But my mind keeps on knocking at that door And I hate that it’s you, not anyone That my heart chose a race I’ve never won I don’t want you to feel what I feel now But a part of me still wishes you knew how Pre-Chorus It’s not about you, it’s what I chase That feeling I can’t seem to replace Chorus I don’t want to change my life I don’t want to cross the line But I want you here tonight Like a thought I can’t unwind You’re a moment I can’t keep You’re a feeling I can’t own You’re the peace I shouldn’t need In a place that’s not my home And I know it’s not real But it feels so real ⸻ Bridge If I had it, would it fade? Would the spark just rearrange? Am I chasing something new Or just running from the same? Is it you or is it me Trying to feel something deep? In the silence, in between What I have and what I seek ⸻ Final Chorus I won’t tear apart my life For a fire I can’t hold But I feel you in my mind Like a story never told You’re a moment passing through You’re a name I won’t repeat You’re the peace I almost knew But not mine to ever keep And I know it’s not real But it feels so real ⸻ Outro So I’ll let it burn low Where nobody goes Between what’s real… And what I feel.
