Anyone Other Than You

Anyone Other Than You

You can say what you want to
There's no one around here for miles
Tell me how hard it was
Sleeping out under the palm trees
See, I know your secret
I was the one left behind
With no one to talk to
About how to grow up to be
Anyone other than you

I've pictured this moment
More times than you'll ever know
Anxious, like when we were kids
And you'd never show
I keep telling myself
I carry your blood, not your heart
But when I look in the eyes of my son
I pray that I'll be
Anyone other than you
Anyone other than you

Bridge:
You're the face of a stranger
With cheeks like mine
A mythical figure
Made up in my mind
You tell me you love me
But how?
You don't know me that well
When I close my eyes
You'll be gone

You're a shadow I can't shake
No matter how fast I run
A ghost from the future
When the present has only begun
A riptide that pulls me back in
As I reach for the shore
And to think all those years ago
I never wanted to be
Anyone other than you