The window hums when no wind blows The hallway keeps the night's echo close Every floorboard knows my weight Nothing here arrives too late I count the breaths between the walls Hear the old house shift and fall Everything is where it seems Just another sleepless dream But one word lingered in the air Long after I stopped speaking there You didn't hear it It heard you first Learning every silence Measuring your world Every empty corner Every quiet room Something kept unfolding Just beyond the truth The ceiling feels a little higher Shadows stretch a little farther Every step returns too slow From somewhere I don't really know I close my eyes to prove I'm right The darkness sounds too deep tonight Every answer comes too clear Like someone standing far too near I swear the walls have learned my name But nothing looks like it has changed You didn't hear it It heard you first Building quiet cathedrals Out of every word Every open doorway Every whispered breath Something kept expanding Without taking a step I kept leaning toward the sound Trying to hear one sentence through Every night it felt a little Closer than it used to Then I listened For the first time Every time I crossed the distance Something closed in on me too You didn't hear it It heard you first Waiting in the silence Patient though it thirsts Every unanswered question Every whispered prayer You thought it was behind you It was already here
