Closer Than Silence

[Intro, Deep Drone] I can feel you in the silence Before you say a word Something underneath the quiet Is moving closer than it should [Verse, Intimate Female Alto] Don't come closer Stay right there I can feel your breathing Hanging in the air You don't touch me But I know Every little movement Every place you go [Pre-Chorus, Low Drone Rising] There's a pressure in the room There's a shadow on the wall You don't have to say you want me I can hear it through it all [Chorus, Layered Whispered Vocals] Come closer than silence Closer than skin I want to feel the distance Disappear again Come closer but don't hold me Don't make me stay I like you when you're almost here And almost far away [Instrumental, 16-Bar Drone Evolution] [Sub drone slowly shifts pitch, bowed-metal resonance enters, sparse low kick pulses every four bars] [Verse 2, Restrained Delivery] There is something in your stillness That I cannot look away from Every second without movement Makes me want to move toward you Keep the lights down Let them fade I don't need to see you To know that you're awake [Pre-Chorus, Increasing Low-Frequency Pressure] There's a vibration in the floor There's a tremor in my chest If you wanted me to leave now You would have to ask me less [Chorus, Dark Harmonies] Come closer than silence Closer than skin I want to feel the distance Disappear again Come closer but don't hold me Don't make me stay I like you when you're almost here And almost far away [Breakdown, Near Silence] Don't move Just breathe I can hear you Don't move [Instrumental, Sub Drone and Granular Noise] [Voice fragments reversed and stretched, drone slowly becomes denser, no percussion] [Bridge, Near-Spoken Female Vocal] Maybe I don't want your hands Maybe I just want the weight Of knowing that you're standing there And choosing not to walk away Maybe I don't want forever Maybe I don't want your name I only want this room to tighten Until nothing else remains [Final Chorus, Dense Drone and Layered Vocals] Come closer than silence Closer than skin I want to feel the distance Disappear again Come closer but don't hold me Don't make me stay I like you when you're almost here And almost far away Come closer than silence Don't say a word tonight Let the darkness close around us Until there is no outside [Outro, Diminishing Voice] Don't come closer Stay right there Closer Closer