in an alternate universe
I meet you on a summer’s night
when the sun has already set
but the darkness is yet to arrive
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I meet you
and we stare at the sea together
I stare into your eyes when you look away
your beauty makes me nervous
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in an alternate universe I get to hold you for longer
I get to wrap my arms around you for the first time
and I get to never let go
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but as I hold you tonight
my grip loosens
and the more I try to hold onto you
the faster you eventually fade away
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I'm jealous of another me
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you tell me that every lover is soulmate
no matter how brief your encounter is
you tell me that in past lives you scribbled down the faces of the people you want to meet in your next
the one’s you didn’t get enough time with
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I ask the universe to let me stop time
to let me spend the rest of my life close to you
because I must’ve lost you in all the other ones
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but as the sun rises in the morning
I know that she wasn’t listening