Verse 1 She smiled at me in the doorway light, Said “You’re everything I’d ever choose.” I laughed it off but it cut me quiet, A compliment I could never use. She meant it warm, she meant it kind, But it echoed through an empty room— “If only you weren’t who you are…” And suddenly the night felt too soon. Pre-Chorus I know she didn’t mean to bruise me, But truth can sound like mercy’s knife. It’s strange how words can make you lonely For a dream you’ve never met in life. Chorus If only a man would say “You’d be perfect if I stayed— If I chose you, if I wanted you Just the way you are.” If only his voice would break On the truth I ache to take, If only he saw me like she does But with a matching heart. Verse 2 She touched my arm like a softened promise, Said “Someone will be lucky someday.” I wished I could believe her story, But it’s a book I’ve never held that way. I’m getting good at smiling gently, At dodging hopes I barely know— At loving men who never see me, At watching chances come and go. Pre-Chorus And her words keep ringing softly Like a blessing wrapped in wrong, A reminder that I’m waiting For a place where I belong. Chorus If only a man would say “You’d be perfect if I stayed— If I chose you, if I wanted you Just the way you are.” If only his voice would break On the truth I ache to take, If only he saw me like she does But with a matching heart. Bridge Maybe somewhere there’s a mirror soul Who’s tired of standing on his own, Who’ll look at me and suddenly I won’t feel like a question mark. Maybe someday on a quiet night Someone’s eyes will fit just right, And I’ll hear the words I’ve waited for Carved softly in the dark. Final Chorus If only a man would say “You’d be perfect if I stayed— If I chose you, if I wanted you Just the way you are.” And maybe that day will come, When two lonely hearts beat one, And someone finally tells me What she told me— But he means it with my heart.
