Things We Never Said

[Verse 1] We never sat down and said it out loud But we both felt the space between us change You looked away when I looked at you I smiled even when it hurt We walked around each other like glass Afraid to touch what might break You still said “I love you” But your voice lost warmth, day by day I made your coffee, just how you liked You drank half, left the rest behind Your shoes stayed by the door But it felt like you were gone before you came in The dinner table was quiet, not calm I stared at my plate instead of you No questions, no answers Just silence that grew [Pre-Chorus 1] It didn’t break in one loud night It cracked in tiny moments You didn’t stop loving me You just stopped showing it I didn’t stop needing you I just stopped asking [Chorus] These are the things we never said The words stuck in our heads The tears we held behind our eyes The truth we dressed in lies You didn’t scream, I didn’t run But the silence still weighed a ton You were fading, I stood still Afraid to ask if we were real This wasn’t hate, or something we did It was just the things we never said [Verse 2] You used to hold my hand like it mattered Now your phone stays closer than I do I used to sleep against your chest Now I face the wall, and so do you We’re in the same room but in different lives You’re quiet with thoughts you won’t explain I’m loud inside but never speak It’s not a phase if it never ends We talk like friends trying too hard I say “I’m fine,” you nod and leave Once you would ask twice Now once feels like too much effort [Pre-Chorus 2] We used to talk about nothing Now nothing is all we say We didn’t fight We just gave up in a slow, quiet way [Chorus] These are the things we never said The nights we didn’t share the bed The looks that begged, the lips that stayed shut The aching hearts that never gave up You didn’t cheat, I didn’t cry But love still slipped right by You kissed me like you were somewhere else And I held you like I couldn’t help This wasn’t war, or blood we bled It was all the things we never said [Bridge] I waited for you to notice I was breaking You waited for me to fix what was gone We stood still hoping something would save us But silence was the only thing holding on [Final Chorus] These are the things we never said The dreams we left in our own heads The promises that faded out Without a whisper, without a shout We weren’t wrong, just tired and spent Love that faded instead of bent You’ll always be someone I miss But not someone I could fix And now we live with what we did And all the things we never said