won’t let it take place

Verse

I never meant to read between your sentences

Or notice how your eyes stay a second too long

But some truths don’t need confessions

They just hum beneath the calm

We talk like nothing’s even happening

Like we don’t kinda feel the heat

But silence has a gravity

And it keeps pulling me

Pre-Chorus

You don’t touch me

But you don’t let go

There’s a space between us

And we both know

Chorus

I don’t blame you

I don’t call this wrong

But wanting you quietly

Is still wanting you strong

You wear a ring like a boundary

I wear restraint like grace

I don’t hate this feeling

I just won’t let it take place

Verse

I see the way you choose your words

Like you’re walking on a line

Careful not to give away

What your heart really implies

You talk about your life at home

I nod like I’m okay

But there’s a version of us

We never let escape

Pre-Chorus

You say, “If things were different”

Then change the subject fast

Some doors stay closed

Because opening them wouldn’t last

Chorus

I don’t blame you

I don’t call this wrong

But wanting you quietly

Is still wanting you strong

You wear a ring like a boundary

I wear restraint like grace

I don’t hate this feeling

I just won’t let it take place

Bridge

This isn’t a secret

But it’s not nothing at all

It’s a truth we never name

So it doesn’t have to fall

It’s choosing not to ruin lives

For a moment of flame

Some love is only proven

By the lines you don’t cross

By walking away intact

Knowing what it would’ve cost

Final Chorus

I don’t blame you

And I won’t pretend

That this doesn’t ache

Or need an end

If loving you means letting you

Stay where you are

Then I’ll love you quietly

From afar

Outro

Some feelings aren’t meant to be chased

Or spoken aloud

They’re honored by distance

And leaving unbroken

But still proud