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Still on my mind
I hear your name
In the spaces between
A fading flame
In a half-broken dream
I turn around
But the night is wide
Your ghost is near
On the other side
You are one step behind me
Breathing under my skin
Every road that I run from
Takes me back where we begin
You are one step behind me
Like a light I can’t find
Every time I surrender
You are still on my mind
Still on my mind
Still on my mind
You are one step behind
Still on my mind
I tried to fall
Into someone new
But every touch
Only led to you
The city sleeps
But my heart won’t lie
Your voice returns
Like a wave in the sky
You are one step behind me
Breathing under my skin
Every road that I run from
Takes me back where we begin
You are one step behind me
Like a light I can’t find
Every time I surrender
You are still on my mind
Behind the tears
Behind the night
Behind the silence
You are my light
Behind the fear
Behind goodbye
I keep on running
But you never die
You are one step behind me
Breathing under my skin
Every road that I run from
Takes me back where we begin
You are one step behind me
Like a light I can’t find
Every time I surrender
You are still on my mind
Still on my mind
Still on my mind
You are one step behind
Still on my mind
The idea#
A name in the spaces between; fading flame in a half-broken dream; turn around and the night is wide—ghost near, always on the other side. One step behind, breathing under the skin; every road of escape loops back to the beginning. Tried someone new; every touch led home. City sleeps; heart will not lie; voice returns like a wave in the sky.
Euphoric vocal trance can make obsession sound beautiful, and here it is: light you cannot find, surrender that fails, “you never die” spoken of a love that should have ended. Behind tears, fear, goodbye—still the same presence.
I hear the cruelty and comfort of unfinished attachment: the other person as permanent lag, a delay the speaker cannot close and cannot fully want to close.
