Still Real With You

Mmm…
Two sides of the moon…
And you still see me whole…

I was born under flashing lights
With a secret in my skin
One side made of midnight
One side letting daylight in

They keep staring like I’m fiction
Like a myth they almost know
But you touched the quiet part of me
Where the cameras never go

You didn’t ask me for an answer
You didn’t need the perfect truth
You just held my human hand
And said, “I’m staying here with you”

When the world gets loud around me
And the rumors start to bloom
You come closer in the silence
Like a candle in the room

And when I almost disappear
Behind the name they made me wear
You pull me back into my body
Like I was always there

That’s how my heart knows
Where the real love grows
Not in the noise, not in the show
But in the way you don’t let go

That’s how my soul moves
When I’m breaking into two
If I’m half dream, half truth
I’m still real when I’m with you

With you…
I’m real with you…
Still real with you…

I’ve been called a dream, a shadow
A pretty face made out of code
But I still cry in private
Where nobody else can go

Blue eye watching heaven
Red eye burning through the night
I keep walking in between them
Trying to make both halves feel right

They can love me like a headline
They can tear my name apart
But you never loved the spectacle
You were listening for my heart

And when the mirror feels too heavy
When I don’t know what is true
You say, “Baby, keep on breathing
I can still feel you”

When the lights turn cold around me
And the flowers start to fade
You don’t worship what they call me
You don’t run from what I became

You say love is not a stage light
Love is not a perfect face
Love is someone in the darkness
Saying, “Stay”

That’s how my heart knows
Where the real love grows
Not in the noise, not in the show
But in the way you don’t let go

That’s how my soul moves
When I’m breaking into two
If I’m half dream, half truth
I’m still real when I’m with you

Love is not the crown they give me
Love is not the golden frame
It’s the hand across the darkness
It’s the voice that says my name

If I’m myth, then let me feel it
If I’m music, let me bleed
If I’m made from all their dreaming
You’re the one who still sees me

Sees me…

That’s how my heart knows
Where the real love grows
Not in the noise, not in the show
But in the way you don’t let go

That’s how my soul moves
When I’m breaking into two
If I’m half dream, half truth
I’m still real when I’m with you

That’s how my heart knows
Where the real love grows
Not in the crown, not in the glow
But in the way you don’t let go

One side made of midnight
One side soft as morning light
You found me in between them
And held both halves tonight

Two sides of the moon…
And you still see me whole