WHAT WE DO NOT SAY [Verse 1 - Female] You know the answer before I speak, You read the storm under my cheek, One look from you and the room goes still, I hate how well you know my will. I have a name I should not break, A golden vow I cannot shake, But when you stand too close to me, The air forgets what it should be. [Verse 1 - Male] You know the silence behind my teeth, The words I bury underneath, I wear her name like something true, Then lose my breath when I find you. You are the fire I should not see, The door that should not open for me, But every time you turn away, I follow what I cannot say. [Pre-Chorus - Female] Tell me this is loyalty, Tell me this is only trust. [Pre-Chorus - Male] Tell me I am still myself, Before I turn to ash for us. [Chorus - Together] We do not say it, We do not name the flame, We stand in the dark And call it by another name. We do not touch it, We do not cross the line, But your eyes find mine, And the lie sounds almost kind. [Verse 2 - Female] Pierre would know if I breathed wrong, He hears the crack inside a song, He loves me like a vow made stone, And still I feel less alone When you are near and saying less, When you repair my carefulness, When every secret I defend Falls open in the hands of a friend. [Verse 2 - Male] Lys would see it in my face, The empty chair, the borrowed grace, She gave me light when I was cold, And still your shadow takes its hold. I should be better than this ache, I should know which road to take, But you look once and all my pride Turns traitor on the safer side. [Pre-Chorus - Female] Say we are only tired tonight, Say the storm confused the air. [Pre-Chorus - Male] Say the candle moved too close, Say I did not almost care. [Chorus - Together] We do not say it, We do not name the flame, We stand in the dark And call it by another name. We do not touch it, We do not cross the line, But your eyes find mine, And the lie sounds almost kind. [Bridge - Female] If I step back, Will you let me go? [Bridge - Male] If I let go, Will you ever know? [Bridge - Female] I am not yours. [Bridge - Male] I know. [Bridge - Female] You are not mine. [Bridge - Male] I know. [Bridge - Together] Then why does the room Forget how to breathe When you stand near me? [Final Chorus - Together] We do not say it, We do not name the flame, We keep our hands clean And burn just the same. We do not touch it, We do not cross the line, But your heart hears mine In the silence every time. We do not say it, We do not make it true, But I know myself When I am standing next to you. [Outro - Female] Say nothing. [Outro - Male] I will. [Outro - Together] But stay. Just stay.
