The Quiet Between Us V6

Verse 1

The kitchen light is flickering

like it’s tired of the truth

There’s a coffee cup still breathing

where you stood in borrowed shoes

We talk about the weather

like it’s safer than your name

Every little silence

is spelling out the same

Pre-Chorus

I trace the cracks in the ceiling

like they know where we went wrong

The house remembers everything

even when we don’t

Chorus

There’s a quiet between us

that’s louder than goodbye

It’s hanging in the doorway

like a coat we didn’t try

I don’t know how to reach you

without losing who I am

There’s a quiet between us

I still don’t understand

Verse 2

Your phone lights up the darkness

but it’s never for me now

I practice being honest

then forget just how somehow

Your laughter lives in corners

I avoid when I’m alone

Every room feels temporary

since you stopped calling it home

Pre-Chorus

I fold my words like letters

I don’t know where to send

Every truth I never said

is learning how to end

Chorus

There’s a quiet between us

where the future used to be

It’s pacing in the hallway

counting what we couldn’t keep

I don’t want to blame the distance

or the weight of all our plans

There’s a quiet between us

I still don’t understand

Bridge

If love is just a moment

we keep missing on repeat

Why does it feel so permanent

every time we feel defeat

I’m not asking for forgiveness

or a reason to pretend

I just want to know

where we stopped being friends

Chorus (soft, lifted)

There’s a quiet between us

like a song without a key

It’s not angry, it’s just empty

and it’s learning how to breathe

If I reach across the silence

will you take my hand?

There’s a quiet between us

I still don’t understand

Outro

The kitchen light stops flickering

like it’s finally at rest

I leave the door half-open

for the words we never said