Safe House

I didn't ask, I didn't see The life you lived away from me I just heard the way you sang And let the silence feel the pang I built a house inside a song And lived there for a little long I didn't know the rooms were full I only felt the magnetic pull But I fell in love with a construct A beautiful, fragile conduct It’s nobody’s fault, no blame to lay I just got lost in the words you say I don’t really know you, I know the sound Of my own heart wanting to be found I was dancing with a mirror the whole time Turning my own longing into rhyme He’s a gentle soul, a distant star I loved the light from very far But stars are ghosts of ancient light And I was burning in the night I admit it now, the honest truth It was a hunger, it was youth To see myself so deep in you And wish that it was real and true And here is why I held the thread Why I believed the things you said I borrowed your heart to hold my own Because I couldn't do it all alone It wasn't just the words, or the wealth... It was the love I can't give myself. I’ll keep the songs, I’ll keep the feel But I know now what wasn’t real Goodbye to the ghost, goodbye to the gleam. It was a lovely dream. Safe house... Just a safe house...