Flickering like fireflies at midnight
I never dared to say your name
Just watched the summer fade away
You had headphones, I had dreams
But silence split us at the seams
I made up stories in my head
Where we kissed instead of fled
But your orbit never slowed
You passed me by like smoke
And I just let you go [CHORUS] We never said hello
But I fell in love with your echo
From across a crowded world
You were never mine, just a girl
Burning like the sun on your skin
Gone before it could begin
I’ll remember you, you’ll never know
We never said hello
That never had your face, just voids
Sat on rooftops, sang to the stars
Pretending they were where you are
You lived in loops of sun and sound
While I stayed buried underground
Your laughter played on every breeze
But it never once was aimed at me
But I drowned alone instead
Some loves are just explosions
That only live inside your head [CHORUS] We never said hello
But I fell in love with your echo
From across a crowded world
You were never mine, just a girl
Faded like a radio
In a dream from long ago
I still hear you soft and low
Though we never said hello
“Were we even real?”
“I was just a background blur—”
“But you were all I’d feel…” [FINAL CHORUS] We never said hello
But I held you in my shadow
Summers change and people grow
But part of me won’t let you go
You’re a ghost in my shadows
That my heart still wants to know
Maybe one day, who can say?
But we never said hello