The worlds we made went back and forth. In stories only we could write. You’d fix a line, I made you laugh, you made those pages breathe. But somewhere in the space between us, your smile grew distant, cold, and new. You said the words that broke me open, but they didn’t sound like you. I tried to find the reason, I had to wonder why. ‘cause I could see the stranger, looking out behind your eyes. You weren’t you when you said goodbye. There was someone else behind your eyes. I lost your hand, but I still knew, the girl I lost wasn’t really you. You wore her face, you used her name. But something in your heart had changed. I watched you leave, but somehow knew, the girl I lost wasn’t really you. You brushed away my tangled plans, and saw the dream I kept inside. Then suddenly I meant nothing, my words were easy to ignore. I wanted us to find our way, but you decided we were through. Now every time I try to write, I remember missing you. Maybe love is foolish. Maybe memory lies. But I knew something had taken you, before you ever said goodbye. You weren’t you when you said goodbye. There was someone else behind your eyes. I lost your hand, but I still knew, the girl I lost wasn’t really you. You wore her face, you used her name. But something in your heart had changed. I watched you leave, but somehow knew, the girl I lost wasn’t really you. Somewhere under all the silence. Somewhere past the damage done. There’s a girl who used to know me, before the shadow made her run. And I don’t know if I can reach her, I don’t know what truth survived. But the one who left me standing there, was not the one I loved that night. You weren’t you when you said goodbye. There was someone else behind your eyes. I lost your hand, but I still knew, the girl I lost wasn’t really you. You wore her face, you used her name. But something in your heart had changed. I watched you leave, but somehow knew, the girl I lost wasn’t really you. The girl I lost wasn’t really you. No, the girl I lost wasn’t really you.
