How To Fix Us

HOW TO FIX US

You asked me what I wanted to eat, I said I don’t mind

you smiled like that was enough and we kept moving on

nothing felt out of place, nothing felt wrong between us

so I didn’t think too hard, I let it stay simple

but I noticed the space between the things you were saying

a little longer than it used to feel before this

not enough to call it something I could explain out loud

just enough that I started feeling it under everything

I know something is wrong and I want to fix it

I don’t know what it is, but I feel it shifting

I keep trying to reach you like I used to before

but it never feels the same anymore

I know something is wrong and I want to fix it

if I’m honest I don’t even know what I’m fixing

we’re still in the same room, acting like it’s fine

but I can feel the distance every time

you checked your phone while I was still talking to you

I waited a second before I said anything back

you looked up like nothing changed, like it was normal

so I acted like I wasn’t counting the space between us

we talked about small things like work and nothing serious

you laughed at something I said, I laughed right after you

and everything looked fine from the outside looking in

but I started hearing the timing more than the words

I started slowing down the way I speak around you

giving more space between what I say and what comes next

like maybe I’m the part that’s out of sync with this now

like I’m supposed to meet you somewhere quieter

I know something is wrong and I want to fix it

I keep reaching for a version that feels like us

I change the way I move just to see if it helps

but nothing tells me I’m getting closer to it

I know something is wrong and I want to fix it

even if I don’t know if you feel it too

we’re still talking like nothing has changed

but I can feel the distance in everything we do

there was a moment you didn’t answer right away

and I filled it too fast like I used to do before

but it didn’t feel right when I tried to smooth it over

like I was fixing something I couldn’t see anymore

and I don’t know if I made it worse or made it real

but now I notice it even when nothing is happening

like I’m adjusting around something I can’t explain

and hoping I’m not the only one feeling it shift

I know something is wrong and I want to fix it

but I don’t know what part of us is breaking yet

I keep trying to reach you in the same old ways

but it never lands like it used to before

I know something is wrong and I want to fix it

even if I’m the only one holding on to that

we’re still here, we’re still talking, we’re still the same

but I can feel what I can’t turn back into us

I know something is wrong

and I want to fix it

but I don’t know how