[Verse 1]
You’re on my couch again
Shoes off
Legs tucked in
We laugh so hard
We spin
Then the room goes quiet
Your hand brushes my sleeve
You say
“You’ll never leave”
I joke
But I believe
Every word
I hide it
[Chorus]
We’re tightrope hearts
Over the best thing we’ve ever known
One wrong step
And we could lose our only home
I’m falling
Falling
But if we fall apart
Do we break this
Or brave this
With our tightrope hearts
[Verse 2]
You call me way too late
Say
“Sorry
Couldn’t wait”
To tell me ‘bout your day
Like you always do
You laugh and then you pause
Say
“You’re my safest place”
I swear I heard the trace
Of a truth I knew
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register
Call-and-response]
Male: What if I say it
And you pull away?
Female: What if you’re waiting
On me to be brave?
Male: What if we try
And time tears us in two?
Female: What if we never try
And I still lose you?
Both: I’d rather risk the ache than always wonder
I’d rather shake the ground than die under
All these unsaid things between us
All this almost-love
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[whispered vocals]
You’re on my couch again
We’re laughing
Scared to bend
One breath
One word
One end
Or a brand new start