I saw her in the mirror, but she blinked before I did
She wore my face like a costume, like a secret never hid
She whispered someone’s name I didn’t know, but longed to speak
A stranger in my silhouette with tears that never leak

She dreams in colors I can’t see
She walks through doors inside of me
And when I follow, I dissolve
Another puzzle never solved

I want who she wants
But I don’t know who she is
She’s chasing some reflection
That I don’t think exists

We’re layered like a prayer
Where silence has a voice
My longing isn’t mine
I guess I didn’t get a choice

She’s tracing lines in old notebooks, none of them are mine
But I can feel the ache beneath the loops, the way her words entwine
There’s someone she remembers that I’ve never seen at all
But I miss them with a hunger like a name I can’t recall

She hums a tune I’ve never known
And plants her flags in borrowed bones
And when I echo back her song
I wonder who’s been here all along

I want who she wants
But I don’t know where she’s been
She’s haunted by a future
She thinks will let her in

Her footprints overlap
With mine that lead away
I chase a ghost who’s chasing
Someone else who couldn’t stay

She’s not my mask, she’s not my twin
She’s the girl beneath my skin
Every time I try to see
She turns to look at me

And I feel it, something hidden,
Some unspeakable admission
That to be me…
Is to want to be missing

I want who she wants
But maybe that’s the spell
An endless chain of longing
That makes me someone else

A loop that folds and breaks
In whispers, not replies
My name is just a window
To the girl behind my eyes

She wants someone else
I want her to stay
But maybe we were never
Built to be one anyway…