[Verse 1]
You said my name
Like a secret in a stairwell
Eyes on the exit sign
Heart on the line
Half gone
You touched my wrist
Time stalled in the doorway
Quiet as a breaking glass
Soft as a closing book
[Pre-Chorus]
Every breath a border
Every glance a dare
Are we saints or liars
Standing
Standing there
[Chorus]
These are vows of unknown
Words we never speak out loud
All our promises
Half-grown
Rooting in forbidden ground
If we fall
We fall alone
Still we lean into the sound
Of these vows
These vows of unknown
Pulling us down
Pulling us down (oh)
[Verse 2]
You trace a path
Through the fault lines of my stories
Finding the missing years
Names that I never say
Mouth by my ear
Asking things you shouldn't ask me
Silence like a held-in storm
Waiting to split the sky
[Pre-Chorus]
Every touch a warning
Every pause a prayer
Are we safe or sorry
If we cross it there
[Chorus]
These are vows of unknown
Words we never speak out loud
All our promises
Half-grown
Rooting in forbidden ground
If we fall
We fall alone
Still we lean into the sound
Of these vows
These vows of unknown
Pulling us down
Pulling us down (yeah)
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to bass and distant vocals]
Say it once
Just once
In the dark
In the in-between (oh)
Let it burn
Let it turn
Every careful lie we keep
[Chorus]
These are vows of unknown
Etched in shadows on our skin
Every almost
Every almost
Circling what we could have been
If we fall
We fall alone
But your breath still haunts my bones
These vows
These vows of unknown
Won't let me go
Won't let me go