A LIFE BEHIND NO SCREEN [Verse 1] I gave you something money couldn't name, No diamond light, no house of golden frames, Just midnight talks beneath an open sky, A little fire, your hand inside of mine. The world can sell you everything that shines, But not the way a lonely heart comes alive, There are some things no fortune's ever seen— I gave you life That never fit a screen. [Pre-Chorus] Don't tell me you've forgotten How the wild heart used to beat, Before we learned to measure love By everything we keep. [Chorus] Come run away with me tonight, Where no one tells the moon how bright to shine, We'll raise our tent where the tired road ends, Make a little fire and become young again. No chains, no rules, No promises carved in stone, Just your restless heart Coming home to my own. They watch that kind of life On silver screens— Baby, come with me, We'll live what others dream. [Verse 2] I think the human heart is hungry still, No matter how much glitter we can give, It wants a story whispered after dark, A sudden lightning running through the heart. But tenderness became a contraband, And honest lovers learned to hide their hands, As if somewhere the spies of reason wait To catch two foolish hearts Escaping through the gates. [Pre-Chorus] So don't hide your longing, I can see it in your eyes, You miss the beautiful disorder Of a love that won't behave. [Chorus] Come run away with me tonight, Where no one tells the moon how bright to shine, We'll raise our tent where the tired road ends, Make a little fire and become young again. No chains, no rules, No promises carved in stone, Just your restless heart Coming home to my own. They watch that kind of life On silver screens— Baby, come with me, We'll live what others dream. [Bridge — intimate] I have no book of your mistakes, No prison keys, no iron gates, I won't ask where you've been Or who you used to be. Bring only your bare feet, Your tangled hair, That old desire You were too scared to share. And we'll follow the caravans Across the sleeping hills, While the grass beneath the moonlight Dances when the whole world stills. Let them call us reckless. Let them call us strange. I'd rather lose my way with you Than safely fade away. [Final Chorus — soaring] Come run away with me tonight, We'll teach our frightened hearts to come alive, We'll sleep beneath a million ancient stars, With nothing in our pockets And everything in our hearts. No chains, no rules, No map of where we've been, Just two souls making something This world has never seen. And when they ask us What that crazy life could mean— We'll say: We didn't watch love... We stepped inside the screen. [Outro] No gold... No walls... No guarantees... Just you, just me, and a life they only dream.
