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 [bad word] 
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