Closer Than You

(fuzzy, jagged riffs, heavy snare, emotive singing/half-shout)

(Verse 1)

You shift your weight, I watch it fall,

Left foot first, I memorize it all.

Your laugh’s too loud, your silence too deep,

I know your secrets you can’t keep.

Every glance, every sigh, I store,

A library of you behind closed doors.

(Verse 2)

I follow the tremble in your hands,

Every nervous tic I understand.

Your words half-formed, your lies half-truth,

I catch them all like a photo booth.

I don’t ask, I just observe,

Every curve, every nerve.

(Pre-Chorus)

You think you hide behind your wall,

I see the cracks, I hear the call.

Your defenses crumble in the dark,

I keep them safe, I keep them marked.

(Chorus 1 — distorted / melodic)

I’m closer than you know,

Closer than your shadow goes.

Even when you turn away,

I’m the part of you that stays.

I see the tremor behind your eyes,

The hidden place you disguise.

(Verse 3 — more aggressive)

You say “no one understands me right,”

I hear the echoes in the night.

Every glance, every word you hide,

I take it in, I let it slide.

You call it private — I call it mine,

I trace your pulse like a thin white line.

(Chorus 2 — repeat, louder)

I’m closer than you know,

Inside the things you won’t show.

Even when you look away,

I’m the ghost that won’t decay.

Closer than your breathing, your skin,

Closer than the lies you’re in.

(Bridge — spoken / whispered over feedback)

I’m here when you blink,

I’m here when you sleep.

I’m closer… always closer…

And you don’t even see.

(Outro — feedback, distorted hums, whispered name)

Closer… closer…

I’m closer than you know.