You were static in the hallway light

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

And the heatwave kept us spinning

But your orbit never slowed

You passed me by like smoke

And I just let you go

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

I wrote your name on Polaroids

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

And I heard you loved the ocean

But I drowned alone instead

Some loves are just explosions

That only live inside your head

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

"Did you even see me?"

"Were we even real?"

"I was just a background blur—"

"But you were all I’d feel..."

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