Alone on the Green

Kick my shoes in the grass

Plastic cup, paper pass, "Come on, let's go"

Roommate dragging my mood

Says, "You've stayed in that room way too long"

Projector hum, giant screen

Cartoons running over something mean in my chest

Blanket spread like a shield

I'm a fortress pretending to rest

Hot guys laugh near the path

Shadows stretching long in the summer dim

I bury my head in my phone

Scroll so deep I'm falling in

I'm alone on the green in a crowd

Got a wall built high, can't tear it down now

Every step that you take, I get colder, I swear

You keep melting my space, you keep pulling my chair

I'm alone on the green, can you see me from there

Will you burn through the ice if you stand right here

Is your touch gonna tear me apart

Or will you melt my heart

He sits down way too close

Blue eyes bright in the glow from the movie frame

Kind smile, stupid joke

Same laugh, same dimple, same old name in my brain

My pulse jumps, I slide

Edge of the blanket biting into my thigh

If I move one more inch

I'm rolling straight into the sky

He asks, "You good?" low voice

I nod like I got a choice, stare straight ahead

Popcorn salt on his hands

I remember different fingers in my bed

I fake a laugh, pull my sleeves past my knuckles

Talk small talk so the big thoughts stay muffled

I'm ice on the outside, shaking inside

He leans in, our elbows collide

I'm alone on the green in a crowd

Got a wall built high, can't tear it down now

Every step that you take, I get colder, I swear

You keep melting my space, you keep pulling my chair

I'm alone on the green, can you see me from there

Will you burn through the ice if you stand right here

Is your touch gonna tear me apart

Or will you melt my heart

Screen light flickers on his face

He's a ghost from a time I don't say out loud

His hand brushes mine, just a trace

And my breath does that stupid, traitor sound

Heat races up my arm

Every nerve screaming, "Run, run, run"

But his eyes say "You're safe" not "Stay"

Like he's letting me choose what I want

I'm alone on the green in a crowd

Got a wall built high, can't tear it down now

Every step that you take, I get colder, I swear

You keep melting my space, you keep pulling my chair

I'm alone on the green, but you're right here, right here

If I lean just a little, will you still be there

Is your touch gonna tear me apart

Or will you melt my heart

Or will you melt my