The One You Call

You call me when the world gets loud
When your thoughts are spinning and you need a way out
I hold your hand through another storm
But I know you're not staying just getting warm
Every time you say my name
It's never quite the same
Like I'm close but still so far
A borrowed heart in the dark
I'm the voice that soothes your cry
But not the one you call "mine"
I'm the shoulder you lean on
While you're dreaming of someone
I keep hoping for a sign
That maybe you'd change your mind
But I'm just the one you need
Not the one you want me to be
You laugh at jokes I barely mean
I memorize your silence in between
And when you leave without a word
It hurts like something I never deserved
Every time I walk you home
I feel the chill of being alone
Still, I'd do it all again
Just to be your almost man
I'm the voice that soothes your cry
But not the one you call "mine"
I'm the shoulder you lean on
While you're dreaming of someone
I keep hoping for a sign
That maybe you'd change your mind
But I'm just the one you need
Not the one you want me to be
And if someday you ever see
All the quiet love in me
Will it be too late to show
What I tried so hard to hold?
I'm the voice that soothes your cry
But not the one you call "mine"
I'm the shoulder you lean on
While you're dreaming of someone
Still, I stay and play the part
Of the one who guards your heart
Even if I'll never be
The one you want me to be