[Intro – Soft piano, distant guitar]
She walks into the room
And somehow everything feels warm
I wonder what that’s like…
[Verse 1]
She speaks like summer after rain
Makes every silence feel okay
Her laughter falls so effortlessly
Like something I could never be
I watch her standing in the crowd
So calm beneath the lights and sound
And when you turn to hear her sing
I feel a strange and bitter sting
[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe I just wish I knew
How to make the world feel safe like you
How to shine without the noise
Without pretending I’m that poised
[Chorus]
I wish I had her kind of light
The gentle glow that fills the night
While I’m a spark that burns too fast
A shooting star that cannot last
She doesn’t have to try so hard
To find a way into your heart
And I keep asking myself why
I wish I had her kind of light
[Verse 2]
I know the way I fill a room
With reckless words and louder tunes
I laugh too much, I speak too soon
Then wonder if I’ve ruined the mood
She listens like she has all day
Finds all the perfect things to say
And when you smile at something sweet
I wonder what’s so wrong with me
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s not her fault I feel this way
She hasn’t taken anything away
But every time you say her name
I feel a little less the same
[Chorus]
I wish I had her kind of light
The gentle glow that fills the night
While I’m a spark that burns too fast
A shooting star that cannot last
She doesn’t have to try so hard
To find a way into your heart
And I keep asking myself why
I wish I had her kind of light
[Instrumental Break – Emotional electric guitar]
[Bridge – Vulnerable, almost whispered]
But maybe I’ve been looking wrong
Trying to fit inside her song
Forgetting all the things I’ve made
The little fires along the way
She lights the room by standing still
I set the sky on fire at will
And maybe neither one is wrong
We just were never meant to shine the same
[Build – Rising drums and layered vocals]
And if you turn to watch her glow
That doesn’t mean I have to go
I don’t have to disappear
Just because she’s standing here
[Final Chorus – Powerful, hopeful]
I don’t need her kind of light
To find my way across the night
I’m not a candle burning low
I’m every color I don’t know
She has her softness, I have mine
A different way to come alive
And maybe someday I’ll be fine
With knowing I was born to shine
[Outro – Soft piano returns]
She walks into the room
And everything feels warm
I walk in too…
And leave the lights on.