Cross My Mind

{smooth electric piano chord swells} {gentle snaps

and warm sub-bass enters} (ooh-wah-ooh) {romantic intimate r&b vibe} You’re with me

in my sleep, every time I fade away,

When I close my eyes,

you’re the color in the gray.

Morning hits my window,

but you never really leave,

You’re the only kind of memory my heart refuses to deceive.

Your voice still lingers like a song inside my room,

Flowers growing through the cracks where I expected only gloom.

I keep reaching for a feeling that I swear was almost mine,

Tell me why forever only visits in my mind.

Do I cross your mind when you’re daydreaming?

Or am I just another face your heart ain’t seeing?

‘Cause I’ve been keeping quiet,

trying not to show,

Every little smile from you just leaves me wanting more.

You’re with me in my sleep,

though

you don’t even know,

I’m writing songs you’ll never hear,

scared to let it show.

Maybe one day you’ll read between the lines… And tell me I

crossed your mind. Late-night drives got your shadow in the passenger seat,

Every red light feels like another chance we’d meet.

You left your fingerprints on every part of me,

Now every stranger looks familiar from a different street.

Maybe this ain’t love yet,

maybe it’s just hope,

Trying to read the signals while I’m hanging from a rope.

Every laugh you give away feels like a little spark,

Lighting up a place inside I only see in the dark.

If dreams are where you stay,

don’t wake me up too soon.

I’ll trade another sunrise just to borrow one more moon.

If silence has a language,

I swear I hear your name,

Even if you’ll never know I’ve felt this way.

Look… I ain’t really good at saying what I feel out loud,

So I hide it in the beats while I’m blending with the

crowd. Funny how one conversation turns into a thousand thoughts,

Every “what’s up?” got me wondering if it’s more or not.

I overthink the little things—the glances,

every text, Reading between the lines,

hoping maybe I’m up next.

Everybody says, “Just shoot your shot,” like it’s easy,

But rejection got a way of making confidence look sleepy.

Maybe you don’t notice when you catch me looking twice,

Maybe I’m just another name passing through your life.

Still, I keep a little hope tucked beneath my pride,

‘Cause some feelings grow the strongest when they’re forced to hide.

I’m just trying to find the courage not to let this fade,

Before another “what if” turns into yesterday.

Maybe we’re just strangers waiting on the perfect time,

Two different stories somehow sharing the same sky.

You don’t know your name has been living in my songs,

Or how five-minute talks keep me smiling all day long.

Every little detail finds a home inside my head,

Like the way your eyes light up or every word you said.

If this feeling’s only mine,

I’ll still wear it with some grace,

’Cause some beautiful emotions never need a place.

Maybe one day I’ll stop hiding behind these melodies.

Maybe one day you’ll hear what every lyric means.

Until then, I’ll keep you somewhere no one else can find— Between

my heartbeat and the corners of my mind.

Do I cross your mind when you’re daydreaming?

Or am I just another face your heart ain’t seeing?

‘Cause I’ve been keeping quiet,

trying not to show,

Every little smile from you just leaves me wanting more.

You’re with me in my sleep,

though you don’t even know,

I’m writing songs you’ll never hear,

scared to let it show.

Maybe one day you’ll read between the lines… And

tell me I crossed your mind.

{piano and bass slowly fade out over final lines}