Verse 1
You don’t stand as close as you used to
You let the air exist between
Like you finally learned the difference
Between wanting and intervening
There’s no urgency in your body
No demand behind your eyes
And that alone feels unfamiliar
More than all your old goodbyes
You’re not asking me to trust you
You’re not asking me to stay
You’re existing in the present
Without pulling me your way
And I notice every movement
Every boundary you respect
Every version of restraint
I never thought I’d get
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Pre-Chorus
There’s something quieter now
Not weak, but controlled
Not asking to enter
Just no longer closed
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Chorus
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands
Not something you reopen on command
You wait like you finally see
Access isn’t guaranteed
And that changes everything in me
No pressure, no silent force
No expectation to restore
What doesn’t live here anymore
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands
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Verse 2
You don’t reach unless I reach first
You don’t speak unless it’s true
You don’t fill the space with noise
Just to make yourself feel secure
And it does something unexpected
Not forgiveness, not relief
Just a shift inside my system
A revision of belief
You stopped trying to convince me
You stopped trying to explain
And somehow in that absence
You removed a layer of weight
You became someone unfamiliar
Not through words, but through release
Not trying to earn redemption
Just existing differently
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Pre-Chorus
There’s power in what you don’t do
In what you don’t assume
In how you let silence
Decide if there’s room
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Chorus
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands
Not something you reopen on command
You wait like you finally see
Access isn’t guaranteed
And that changes everything in me
No pressure, no silent force
No expectation to restore
What doesn’t live here anymore
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands
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Bridge
Maybe this is what safety becomes
Not intensity, not running toward
Just the absence of invasion
Just the absence of before
You’re not trying to be chosen
You’re not trying to undo
And that’s the only reason
I’m still standing here with you
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Final Chorus
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands
Not something you reopen on command
You wait like you finally see
Access isn’t guaranteed
And that changes everything in me
No promises left to defend
No illusion left to pretend
Just presence without demand
You wait like you understand
_NyraNoir_
