[Verse 1] You laugh like you don’t hear it This storm behind my teeth You’re tracing shapes in the table Spelling someone else’s name to me You say that he’s confusing You say he drives you mad I memorize your every word And swallow what I wish I had [Chorus] ’Cause I’m the friend on the side of the frame Half-cut, half-lit, hiding my face You’re looking past me, calling out his name And I can’t move, I can’t move I talk you down when your hope comes apart Patch the holes in your paper heart You save your love for a different spark So I stay quiet in the dark With all this glass between us [Verse 2] You fall asleep on my shoulder Talking circles in your sleep You’re asking why he’s distant While my pulse is kicking through the seat Your hand is on my jacket Like it’s nothing, like it’s air I count the beats between your breaths Pretend I don’t wish you’d stay there [Chorus] ’Cause I’m the friend on the side of the frame Half-cut, half-lit, hiding my face You’re looking past me, calling out his name And I can’t move, I can’t move I talk you down when your hope comes apart Patch the holes in your paper heart You save your love for a different spark So I stay quiet in the dark With all this glass between us [Bridge] What would you do If I cracked this calm in two? (oh) If I let the truth spill out Right here in front of you Would you pull away, would you fall through Or would it only hurt you more To know there’s someone in this room Who’d never walk you out that door? [Chorus] So I stay the friend on the side of the frame Bite my tongue every time you say his name You’re burning bright for a crooked flame And I can’t move, I won’t move I talk you down when your hope comes apart Patch the holes in your paper heart You never see that I’m torn apart So I stay quiet in the dark Pressed to the glass between us Pressed to the glass between us
