[Intro: very slow sparse piano] [Verse 1] [Slow] [Whisper] I don’t reach for you, I just wait for the sound, For another small song with your name not around. Just a trace in the night, just a glow on my phone, But it shifts something quiet in the rooms where I’m alone. I tell myself this is easy to keep, Just a voice in the dark I don’t need to read. [Verse 2] We don’t trade our lives, we don’t open that door, Just the shape of a feeling in the tracks that we pour. You leave me a mood, I replay it at home, Let it breathe in the silence till the silence is gone. I don’t know your world, you don’t know my face, But somehow your music keeps finding its place. [Pre-Chorus] And I say it’s nothing, just songs passing by, But I feel the weight when your name doesn’t light. [Chorus] [No volume increase] If I’m honest, you stay with me long after the sound is through. One fragile theme, and the whole long night starts leaning toward you. If I’m honest, you’re where my thoughts go when they’re tired of being strong. I don’t call it anything… I just let it go on. [Verse 3] You write like someone who’s learned to be still, Like every soft line has a hidden will. You never say much, but I hear what you hide, In the space between notes, in the pull of your tide. And I keep my replies careful and small, Like if I say more, I might lose it all. [Pre-Chorus] I keep my distance, I keep it clean, Like I don’t feel more than what’s on the screen. But there’s something that shifts every time you appear. [Chorus] If I’m honest, you stay with me longer than you have the right to. Just one short line, and I’m awake, with nothing else to do. If I’m honest, you’re the quiet place I keep coming back to, When the world gets loud and I don’t know how not to think of you. [Bridge] [Spoken] I don’t need a name for this. I don’t need a sign. We send each other pieces and leave the rest behind. I’m not asking for your truth. I’m not giving you mine. I’m just staying with the feeling when our songs align. [Final Chorus] [Very quiet] If I’m honest, you stay with me, even when I let you fade. In the softest part of who I am, you’ve quietly stayed. If I’m honest, I don’t want more… I don’t want it to end. I just keep the thought of you like a slow, unspoken friend. [Outro] [Fade out] So I won’t say why. I’ll just send you a song… and wait for your reply.
