The first crack

Verse 1

The first crack didn't sound like a fight

It sounded like a door closing soft in the night

No anger in the air, no fire in our eyes

Just something fading out we couldn't recognize

We stood on opposite sides of the same room

Like strangers learning how to share the same wound

Breathing the same air but it felt too thin

Like something we lost we couldn't pull back in

Pre-Chorus

I held my tongue, you held your ground

Both too careful to make a sound

Somewhere between the truth and doubt

We felt the walls start closing in around

Chorus

We were miles apart in the same small space

Same air, same hurt, different ways to break

No screaming, no slamming doors in the dark Just quiet little cracks running through the heart Words fell flat, like they didn't belong

Like we'd been getting everything so wrong

And the silence said what we tried to ignore

That something we had wasn't whole anymore

Yeah, the silence said what we couldn't defend A quiet kind of breaking we couldn't pretend

Verse 2

The first crack didn't echo or scream

Just a shift in the weight of everything

No sudden storm, no lightning strike Just a slow dimming of what felt right

We stood there still like time wouldn't move

Afraid if it did, we'd have more to lose Same air in our lungs, same ache in our chest

Trying to hold on while letting it rest

Pre-Chorus

We learned breaking don't mean goodbye

But it don't mean it won't change us inside

Somewhere between the blame and bend

We stopped knowing how to make it mend

Chorus

We were miles apart in the same small space

Same air, same hurt, different ways to break

No screaming, no slamming doors in the dark

Just quiet little cracks running through the heart

Words fell flat, like they didn't belong

Like we'd been getting everything so wrong

And the silence said what we tried to ignore

That something we had wasn't whole anymore

Yeah, the silence said what we couldn't defend A quiet kind of breaking we couldn't pretend

Bridge

Silence got louder than anything said

Every thought we buried spinning in our heads

Every "maybe we're fine" falling apart

Every doubt tracing lines through the heart

Somewhere in the middle of losing control

We found a truth we couldn't un-know

Break (soft)

Not the end... just where it changed

Final Chorus

We were miles apart in the same small space

Same air, same hurt we couldn't erase

No shouting, just truths we couldn't outrun Two hearts splitting, but still beating as one

Every moment stretched, every second stayed

Watching what we built slowly start to fade

And the silence said what we tried to ignore

Love can crack without breaking the core

Yeah, the silence said what we couldn't defend Sometimes the breaking don't mean the end

Outro

The first crack didn't sound like a fight

Just a door clicking shut in the middle of the night

And somewhere in the quiet we both understood

Some things can change... and still be good