You change in front of me

Your eyes get darker every day

It happens quietly

Your focus slowly burns away

And if you let me hear

The things you seem to wanna say



I will wait to go

Until I know you're somewhere safe



And even if you chose

To lock yourself away

If I listen close

I can almost hear you say



Once I was real

Once I was somebody's child

Once I could feel

Some feeling once in a while

Once I was here

Once I was somebody's friend

Once I appear

I will be real once again



You're falling into it

An inescapable place

Or something intimate

Between the you that no one sees

Is there a way inside

You only hide from enemies

Cause I'll wait

I'm afraid you won't get rid of me so easily



And even if you chose

To lock the world away

If I listen close

I can almost hear you say



Once I was real

Once I had something to lose

Once I could feel

Once I was harder to bruise

Once I was here

Once I was willing to mend

Once I appear

I will be real once again



You're falling farther than

I've ever seen you fall before

For me to wonder when

I'll recognize you anymore

To see no light inside your eyes at all

To bang my head against the wall

And force myself to watch you fall away



And even if you chose

To lock the world away

If I listen close

I can almost here you say



Once I was real

Once I was somebody's child

Once I could feel

Some feeling once in a while

Once I was here

Once I was somebody's friend

Once I appear

I will be real once again



Once I was real

Once I was somebody's child

Once I could feel

Some feeling once in a while

Once I was here

Once I was somebody's friend

Once I appear

I will be real once again