(Verse 1) You hold me like I’m glass about to break Say nothing, then slowly pull away You smile with your mouth, not with your eyes And every time I reach, you say you’re fine I learn your silence like a second tongue Guess your mood before the words have come You disappear just when it starts to feel Like maybe this could be something real (Pre-Chorus) And I wait on the edge of your retreat Calling out to what you’ll never let me see (Chorus) You love me like a runaway ghost Here, then gone — haunting the hope I chase you through your walls, through the cold But you vanish every time I get close You say it’s not me, but you’re still gone And I’m left holding what we almost were all along You don’t have to break me to feel safe But you do anyway (Verse 2) You speak in riddles carved in stone I read between the words you don’t You flinch when I get too near Like love’s a trap, like touch is fear And I know there’s pain behind the glass A life you buried deep in your past But I can’t fix what you won’t name I can’t stay still in a one-sided game (Pre-Chorus) And I scream where your silence begins Loving you feels like a war I can’t win (Chorus) You love me like a runaway ghost Here, then gone — haunting the hope I chase you through your walls, through the cold But you vanish every time I get close You say it’s not me, but I still ache Torn between waiting and walking away You don’t have to hurt me to feel safe But you do anyway (Bridge – soft to intense) I would’ve held your hand in the fire But you never let me stay You say you're wired this way But it still burns when you walk away And I can’t keep dancing with shadows Or sleeping beside your ghost (Final Chorus – full emotional climax) You love me like a runaway ghost Always near, but never close I begged you to let me in, let me know But I was just a place you didn’t go You say you feel more than you show Then why does your love feel so alone? You don’t have to lose me to feel safe But you will anyway
