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I looked at you as though you were my everything As if you were the oxygen i had been deprived of while drowning The person i would stand by even when the world around us was burning I would happily watch you soar across the sky and oceans flying But when you looked at me Talked to me You saw her The girl who clearly wasn't me Prettier, cuter, better Everything i wish i was but failed to be And when we're together I can feel you thinking if only things worked out with her And i don't blame you when she's the ultimate daydream I will never be enough for you it would seem You would've been better off without me And though it would fracture my heart into jagged shards of glass Seeing you happier makes it worth it Even when it's me i hope you look for in every room the way you look for her I'm a shadow compared to the angel she is Anyone would choose the sunlight of heaven over the darkness of the night sky Oh what i wouldn't give for that to be a lie
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23h ago
Jun 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM UTC
A better version of me
I looked at you as though you were my everything As if you were the oxygen i had been deprived of while drowning The person i would stand by even when the world around us was burning I would happily watch you soar across the sky and oceans flying But when you looked at me Talked to me You saw her The girl who clearly wasn't me Prettier, cuter, better Everything i wish i was but failed to be And when we're together I can feel you thinking if only things worked out with her And i don't blame you when she's the ultimate daydream I will never be enough for you it would seem You would've been better off without me And though it would fracture my heart into jagged shards of glass Seeing you happier makes it worth it Even when it's me i hope you look for in every room the way you look for her I'm a shadow compared to the angel she is Anyone would choose the sunlight of heaven over the darkness of the night sky Oh what i wouldn't give for that to be a lie
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Jun 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM UTC
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