CLOSER [Verse 1] I got good at keeping certain rooms to myself. Not locked. Just... uninvited. Old fears. Old bruises. Things that worked better without names. Then you came closer. Not all at once. Just enough. And hiding started feeling stranger than letting you see. [Pre-Chorus] You didn't pull. I moved. That's the part... I still don't understand. [Chorus 1] Closer. And the harder things get easier to say. Closer. And the parts of me I thought I'd put away start breathing again. Maybe that's what the right person does. They don't change who you are. They make you want to stop pretending you're not. [Verse 2] I used to think that needing someone was something borrowed from tomorrow. Something you'd pay for when they were gone. So I kept enough of me somewhere out of reach. Then you came closer. And suddenly the frightening thing wasn't needing you. It was knowing... I could miss you. [Chorus 2] Closer. And the silence starts to sound like you. Closer. And the places I kept empty start making room. For your voice. Your absence. The way a day feels different when you've been in it. You never asked to be needed. You just became someone I notice missing. [Bridge] So let me get closer. I'll be gentle. I know what it costs. And I'll let you closer too. The scars. The fears. The things I never say. And all this love I somehow kept for someone like you. Let's get close. So close every second matters. Closer than I ever thought I'd let anyone be. [Chorus 3] Closer. More moments made for two. Closer. More sunrises. More laughter. More life. More you. Maybe that's what the right person does. They don't make the world smaller. They give you more of it to want. [Outro] And lately the man in the mirror has something in his eyes. A glimmer. I remember it. Haven't seen it in years. Something younger. Something foolish. Something I thought was gone. Reaching out for you. So far away... and still... I want you. So much closer.
