Silent Tongues

[Verse 1 - Cher / Velvet] Coffee going cold on the counter You in the doorway, barefoot, half-lit Morning caught loose in your hair and shoulders Like even the house didn’t want to move yet I could ask where your mind has wandered I could name every fear I know But your eyes find mine for a second And suddenly I don’t need to go there at all [Chorus - Sarah / Light lead, Cher low harmony] We don’t need a word tonight Not when your hand finds mine just right Not when your whole heart leans my way And all the noise goes dim and strange Some loves are loud, but ours comes through In little silences only we can use You tell me everything you mean In all the places speech has never been [Verse 2 - Sarah / Light] You draw small circles on my wristbone Like you’re calming water nobody sees Your breathing settles into my breathing Till the room gives in and agrees All the questions that came in heavy All the sentences I rehearsed Lose their shape in the quiet between us Like they were only hunger before they were words [Chorus - Sarah lead, Cher harmony] We don’t need a word tonight Not when your hand finds mine just right Not when your whole heart leans my way And all the noise goes dim and strange Some loves are loud, but ours comes through In little silences only we can use You tell me everything you mean In all the places speech has never been [Bridge - Cher / Velvet] Maybe truth was never fragile Maybe we just held it wrong Maybe love was always speaking Under every almost-song Maybe what we could not carry With our mouths and careful plans Was already lying softly In the language of your hands [Final Chorus - Both] We don’t need a word tonight Not when your forehead rests in mine Not when the whole world falls away And leaves us breathing in one place Some loves arrive with fire and flame Ours lights the dark without a name You tell me more than talk could do When all that’s left is me and you