The Girl

I wish I was the girl with the gap between her teeth
The space between a part of the whole
I wish I was the girl with the stars behind her eyes
The universe melting in the blue
I wish I was the girl who didn’t need a dream
Find the way without a plan
I wish I was the girl who nobody could find
The one who left to not come back

I wish, I wish I made more sense than this, more sense than this
I wish, I wish I was any girl but this, any girl but this
I wish, I wish I was any girl at all
But the one to whom my shadow is attached
I guess you could say I was never here at all
‘Cause I wish, I wish I was any girl but this, the girl who was never here at all

I wish I was the girl with a secret on her tongue
Desperate to lick her lips
I wish I was the girl who drew maps upon her palm
Finding the way to nowhere at all
I wish I was the girl who couldn’t catch her breath
The colours racing past her eyes
I wish I was the girl who always changed her mind
Nothing was good enough for her

I wish, I wish I made more sense than this, more sense than this
I wish, I wish I was any girl but this, any girl but this
I wish, I wish I was any girl at all
But the one to whom my shadow is attached
I guess you could say I was never here at all
‘Cause I wish, I wish, I wish,
I wish I was never the girl who was never here at all