[Intro]
[Saxophone moans, soft piano chords, brushes glide]
[Verse 1]
We shared a table
Same chipped cup, same late nights
You traced your name
In a ring of cheap red wine
I laughed too loud
So I wouldn’t say your eyes
Looked like home
Looked like mine
[Chorus]
Quiet rooms, loud hearts
Two ghosts at the edge of a spark
You looked down, I looked away
Let another small forever drift apart
Quiet rooms, loud hearts
Every almost tearing us in half
We talked about the weather
Never what we really had
[Verse 2]
You fixed my collar
Before I hit the stage
Said, “Don’t get nervous”
But your hands, they shook the same
I sang of strangers
Losing love they never tried
You clapped along
Didn’t see your own sad life
[Chorus]
Quiet rooms, loud hearts
Two ghosts at the edge of a spark
You looked down, I looked away
Let another small forever drift apart
Quiet rooms, loud hearts
Every almost tearing us in half
We talked about the weather
Never what we really had
[Bridge]
Years rolled on
Like smoke across this bar
You moved out, I moved on
But never very far
Sometimes I swear
In the corner of my ear
I hear you say my name
Like you’re still sitting here (oh)
[Mid-Solo]
[Saxophone takes the melody, bending into blue notes; backup singers hum soft chords beneath]
[Verse 3]
Saw your picture
On a screen I couldn’t touch
You in white
Someone else’s gentle trust
I raised a glass
To a love I never kissed
To every almost
Every word we somehow missed
[Chorus]
Quiet rooms, loud hearts
Two ghosts at the edge of a spark
You looked down, I looked away
Let another small forever drift apart
Quiet rooms, loud hearts
Every joke we used to mask the cracks
We talked about the weather
Never dared to turn back
[Outro]
[Saxophone cries over fading chords, backup singers humming “quiet rooms, loud hearts” to a whisper]