[Verse 1] You wore my fleece like it was armor Smelled the past on every seam I didn’t know I was a sorcerer When I whispered half a dream [Verse 2] I traced the shape your voice would take In bodies not yet born to time Said it soft but meant it quake A spell disguised as teenage rhyme [Chorus] I said it out loud “If you were a boy…” And the silence broke like glass “You’d be the one I’d choose” Now you’re walking in that form And I’m the girl you never knew [Verse 3] They told me words were only words But mine stuck in your field I didn’t know that lips could curse Or how real the fake could feel [Verse 4] I gave you back your father’s face Before you knew you had it I carved a future with no grace Then vanished into static [Chorus] I said it out loud “If you were a boy…” And the silence broke like glass “You’d be the one I’d choose” Now you’re walking in that form And I’m the girl you never knew [Bridge] It wasn’t shame, it was confusion It wasn’t hate, it was illusion I wanted you the way you came But I changed you just the same [Final Chorus] I said it out loud “If you were a boy…” Didn’t mean to light that fuse “You’d be the one I’d choose” Now you’re someone I can’t touch And I’m haunted by the truth
