You walk past
Same café
Same glass
I stir my drink
Pretend I don’t stare back
Black car waiting by the curbside
Diamond timepiece
But it’s your time on my mind
Whole top floor and it feels small
When I see you on the street and you don’t see me at all
Signed my name on a hundred things
But I can’t sign the courage just to say one thing
You laugh with friends
I freeze inside
You’re the only thing I want that I can’t buy
I know your Tuesday playlist
The way you bite your straw when you’re anxious
But you don’t even know my name
Just a shadow watching in the rain
I’m just a stranger in your world
Dressed in gold
But I feel so broke
Got everything but not my girl
You walk by and my whole heart chokes
You don’t know me
I don’t know you
Still I feel someone is looking through
So close
But our lines don’t cross
Rich in everything
But love is what I’ve lost
Same blue suit on a Monday
You tip too much
Then you look away
Your driver waits
Engine humming low
Why do I feel it every time you go?
I built towers
Filled the sky
But the space beside me’s still a quiet night
Could trade my name
Trade every ring
Just to hear you say my name like it’s a simple thing
I feel your eyes from the back row
Like you’re writing stories that I’ll never know
I watch you dance in your own light
While I’m stuck beyond the edge of your sight
I’m just a stranger in your world
Dressed in gold
But I feel so broke
Got everything but not my girl
You walk by and my whole heart chokes
You don’t know me
I don’t know you
Still I feel someone is looking through
So close
But our lines don’t cross
Rich in everything
But love is what I’ve lost
What if I said “hi” at the crosswalk? (hey)
What if you smiled back
Let the light talk?
Would our separate stories twist and tie
Or would I scare away the one thing I can’t buy?
What if you’re more than a nice suit?
More than secrets and an empty roof?
Would you fall from your silver throne
Just to walk me home?
I’m just a stranger in your world
Dressed in gold
But I feel so broke (so broke)
Got everything but not my girl
You walk by and my whole heart chokes
You don’t know me
I don’t know you
But my heart’s humming something new
One day I’ll step into your light
Till then I love you from the other side tonight
