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
