Close to you Part II

[Verse 1] The hall clock skips the seventh stroke A glass of water starts to shake Your key turns softly in the lock Before your footsteps reach the stairs I count the screws above my bed And hear the copper in the wall Each measured inch that brings you near Makes every straight line start to crawl [Pre-Chorus] I draw a line from pulse to pulse The numbers bend, the angles move There is no distance left to cross And nothing solid left to prove [Chorus] Close to you, close to you Every signal splits in two The room contracts, the wires hum I forget what I've become Close to you, close to you I disappear when I'm close to you [Verse 2] I found my voice on a spool of tape Marked with a date before we met It warned me of the service door Then counted every word you said I held the ribbon to the light It drew a small, unbroken loop The final breath was mine alone Repeating, “I am close to you” [Pre-Chorus] I cut the current, stop the clock Your outline stays across the glass The nearer that I come to truth The more I hear my own voice ask [Chorus] Close to you, close to you Every signal splits in two The room contracts, the wires hum I forget what I've become Close to you, close to you I disappear when I'm close to you [Bridge] Are you the witness or the wire? Am I the question you rehearsed? I press my palm against the mirror You lift your hand—but mine moves first If I step back, the room expands If I step near, the frame turns white The same machine is breathing softly On either side On either side [Final Chorus] Close to you, close to you Now every signal speaks in two I touch the glass; the glass moves too There was never room for two Close to you, close to you I disappear when I'm close to you I disappear when I'm close to you (https://vtk-song-studio.com)