Under Quiet Water

**Verse 1**
I watched the ceiling bend
In the dark above our bed
You said nothing at all
But I heard everything instead

Your hand rested next to mine
Close enough to almost touch
We were worlds apart
In a room that felt too much

**Pre-Chorus**
There’s a distance in your eyes
I don’t know how to cross
Every word I try to find
Feels already lost

**Chorus**
We’re sinking under quiet water
No waves, no sound
Just drifting farther
I hold my breath
But you don’t move

If love is still here
Why does it feel like
I’m losing you?

**Verse 2**
The morning barely breaks
Through the curtains we don’t close
You turn away from me
Like I’m someone you don’t know

I trace the outline of your back
Like it’s already memory
Trying to memorize the shape
Before it leaves me

**Pre-Chorus**
I don’t want a fight
I don’t want the truth
I just want the version of you
That still looks at me like you used to

**Chorus**
We’re sinking under quiet water
No crash, no blame
Just getting colder
You’re right beside me
But out of reach

If love is still here
Why can’t you
Look at me?

**Bridge (soft layered harmonies)**
Say something
Even if it breaks me
Silence is heavier
Than anything you could say

I’d rather drown
In the deep end
Than float like this
Halfway

**Outro (stripped back, almost whispered)**
The room is still
Your breathing slow
I close my eyes
And let you go

Not with anger
Not with hate
Just quiet water
And the weight

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Ethereal shoegaze, dream pop, alt post metal/post rock, ambient, soft clean vocals, low baritone/high mid range cleans