Background (feat. Ashra)

She's fast asleep, she's dreaming about her windowsills

And all she's had to eat today are sleeping pills

She's been starving, staring in the mirror

The words she heard, still they're ringing clearer

And although that was 40 pounds ago

She's told herself that love's something she'll never know

And if she ever heard the words "you're beautiful"

It could reach inside her like a miracle

Only nightmares, she's never dreaming

Does no one hear her when she's screaming?

Does no one see her when she falls down?

Is no one standing in the background?

Does no one see her when she's bleeding?

Does no one care if she's still breathing?

Does no one see her when she falls down?

Is no one standing in the background?

He walks by, she's filled with insecurities

They lock eyes, something she has never seen

The next day, oh about the same time

She sees him coming closer, could he be mine?

And then she hears the words, he says "you're beautiful"

They reach inside her soul, it's like a miracle

He says he's felt this way since 40 pounds ago

She found a love she never thought was possible

No more nightmares, now she's dreaming

He hears her when she's screaming

He sees her when she falls down

Cause he's standing in the background

No longer is she bleeding

He listens to her breathing

He sees her when she falls down

Cause he's standing in the background

Oh I hope that no one ever reads this note

I wrote the moment I was speechless

All my trolls they feasted on my weakness

Now I know the beauty's who the beast is

When I broke the nights that I was sleepless

The words you spoke, I started to believe it's

The antidote, I'm begging on my knees baby

Please don't let me go

No more nightmares, now she's dreaming

He hears her when she's screaming

He sees her when she falls down

Cause he's standing in the background

No longer is she bleeding

He listens to her breathing

He sees her when she falls down

Cause he's standing in the background