[Verse 1]
We used to meet by the fence
With your hand in my sleeve
Never said what it was
But we both could feel it breathe
Your laugh in my pocket
Your name on my tongue
We’d stand too close to the edge
Then run when it got strong
[Pre-Chorus]
Every time we got close
We had to break away
Like a glass in our hands
We could not keep safe
And I hate the quiet now
It cuts through the room
When your voice is not there
I still look for you
[Chorus]
It hurts not talking to you
It hurts not seeing you
We were almost something
We were almost true
It hurts not talking to you
It hurts not seeing you
Every time we got close
We broke in two
[Verse 2]
Now the days move heavier
Through the shape of your space
There’s a chair by the window
That still holds your place
I keep hearing your footsteps
In the hall, in the rain
Then the sound disappears
And I’m left with the pain
[Pre-Chorus]
Every time we got close
We had to break away
Like a match in the dark
Burning out too fast
And I hate the truth of it
That you were my home
But we both stayed guarded
And ended up alone
[Chorus]
It hurts not talking to you
It hurts not seeing you
We were almost something
We were almost true
It hurts not talking to you
It hurts not seeing you
Every time we got close
We broke in two
[Bridge]
If I called your name tonight
Would it reach you where you are?
Would you know I kept the ache
Like a scar beneath my heart
I miss what we never named
I miss what we never chose
All the words we left behind
Still bloom in the cold
[Final Chorus]
It hurts not talking to you
It hurts not seeing you
We were almost something
We were almost true
It hurts not talking to you
It hurts not seeing you
Every time we got close
We broke in two
It hurts not talking to you
It hurts not seeing you
I loved you like a secret
And it still loves you too