I danced on shadows near your flame
Hoping warmth, but fearing blame
She holds the sun, I chase the light
Lost in echoes of the night
Every word I meant to say
Slips like rain and fades away
I trace your laugh, but miss the beat
In every try, I face defeat
I'm the echo in the space between
Too loud for silence, too soft to mean
You look her way, I lose my lines
A step too late, a thousand times
I paint my hope in borrowed hues
Hide the ache in clumsy truths
You speak of her with stars in eyes
And I smile through breaking skies
I reach but falter, feet of glass
You never see me as I pass
Each misstep builds a wall so wide
Still, I linger on the side
I'm the echo in the space between
Too loud for silence, too soft to mean
You look her way, I lose my lines
A step too late, a thousand times
If love's a stage, I missed my cue
Trapped in wings, unheard by you
Would you have stayed, if I had known
The right words when I stood alone?
Now I'm the echo fading thin
A ghost of might-have-been within
You chose the sun, I played the rain
In chasing light, I stayed in pain