Shell Shocked - Fiction Lyrics

I thought I felt your heartbeat
In the silence of my room
A warmth that wasn't there before
To pull me from this gloom.
I swore I saw you standing there
A shadow by my side
But every time I reach for you
You slip into the night.
Built you from whispers
From dreams that couldn't last
Chasing after shadows
Of a love that's never passed.

Fiction in my mind a life I'll never find
Holding onto emptiness a story left behind.
I wrote a love that felt so real I felt it in my veins
But you're a lie I told myself to keep away the pain.

The words we spoke were hollow
An echo in my head
I painted you in colors bright
But the canvas just bled red.
Every glance a stolen scene
A memory I made
But now the colors fade to gray
As truth begins to fray
Dreams I can't hold onto
Just slip right through my hands
A love I'll never touch
In a world of sinking sands.

Fiction in my mind a life I'll never find
Holding onto emptiness a story left behind.
I wrote a love that felt so real I felt it in my veins
But you're a lie I told myself to keep away the pain.

Fiction in my mind a life I'll never find
Holding onto emptiness a story left behind.
I wrote a love that felt so real I felt it in my veins
But you're a lie I told myself to keep away the pain.

It's all unraveling this perfect world I made
The threads of love and fantasy are starting to decay.
I thought you were my savior a promise I could keep
But you were only fiction a ghost within my sleep.

Fiction in my mind a life I'll never find
Holding onto emptiness a story left behind.
I wrote a love that felt so real I felt it in my veins
But you're a lie I told myself to keep away the pain.