Beneath These Eyes

You came into the room with that look in your eye

Most of them never noticed but I did

It's probably because I've always looked at you

When I held your hands for the first time

I felt like I was on cloud nine

When you called me your friend, I felt my heart flutter

And all I wanted to do was make you smile

To get a glimpse of the dimples on your cheeks

So when you came into the room with a tear in your eye

I hated myself for telling you the ultimate lie

I remember how you'd look at him and smile

As if you were in your own little world

I told myself that you were happy, that you deserved to be happy

Hand in hand, you'd walk with him

And I'd think that he's the luckiest man in the world

You'd tell me about him and like a masochist I'd listen

I wanted to fade away into a corner, away from you

But I kept coming back because it's the hardest thing to do

Until I realized I just wanted to be a part of your life

Even if I'm nothing more than a fading ghost in your eyes

When I saw him with someone that wasn't you, that's when I knew

Fake smiles replaced the ones that meant the world to me

I remembered walking you home, thinking of things to say

And all I could come up with was silence that meant nothing

Beneath the city lights, you came into my arms

And as you tried to stifle the grief, the tears kept flowing

Time no longer mattered, all I could feel was your embrace

Fixing you was the only thing I wanted to do

I decided that I'd rather be the catcher in the rye when you fall

Because in loving you, I've cast myself as a shadow on the wall