Lukan Carvin, "The Green Between Us" When we talk about jealousy, we often think about love stories. With "The Green Between Us", I wanted to describe an emotion that quietly follows us throughout our lives. Between brothers and sisters, between friends, on sports fields, at work, in music, and sometimes even in the people we love the most. It rarely begins as hatred. More often, it begins as comparison. "The Green Between Us" is about that invisible space where admiration slowly turns into being "green with envy", where someone else's success can make us question our own worth. Not because they're doing anything wrong, but because we're measuring our lives against theirs. This song isn't here to point fingers, demonize, or accuse anyone. It simply exists to describe an emotion that any of us can feel, or may one day feel, and to remind us that we're only human. An emotion is not a decision. We always get to choose what we do with it. Jealousy doesn't have to become resentment or destruction. It can become awareness. It can become discipline. It can become the fuel that pushes us to grow, to create, to improve ourselves, and to chase our own path instead of someone else's. In the end, "The Green Between Us" isn't really about jealousy. It's about the freedom we all have to transform one of our most uncomfortable emotions into something meaningful and positive. ========================== [VERSE] A ribbon hanging on the wall Can turn a brother into smoke A standing ovation down the hall Can leave a thousand voices broke One empty chair beside your friend Can weigh more than a crown of gold The smallest spark of someone else Can make your summer feel like cold [PRE-CHORUS] It never knocks, it slips between The space where "almost" learns to breathe It paints another life in green Then steals the colors underneath [CHORUS] Every mirror starts a war Every winner leaves a scar Every heartbeat asks for more Jealousy Different names, the very same flame Different skies, the very same sea Every shadow forgets my name Jealousy [VERSE] A photograph, a finish line A wedding ring, a packed front row A child still counting who got more Than anyone will ever know A lover reading one short text Like every letter hides goodbye A quiet smile across the room While storms are learning how to lie [PRE-CHORUS] Comparison's a crooked thief It never leaves the house alone It breaks the lock of gratitude Then calls your borrowed fears your own [CHORUS] Every mirror starts a war Every winner leaves a scar Every heartbeat asks for more Jealousy Different names, the very same flame Different skies, the very same sea Every shadow forgets my name Jealousy [BRIDGE] I chased the echoes in your hands Until I lost the sound of mine The race was never you ahead It was my fear that crossed the line The sun still rises for us both It doesn't choose who gets to shine [FINAL-CHORUS] Every mirror starts a war Until we close the open door Every heartbeat learns once more Jealousy When I stopped measuring the stars Mine finally belonged to me The only prison with no walls Was jealousymore