[Guitar hook] I loved before I know I did Held a heart And called it big Cared before I've carried weight Closed some doors And blamed it fate Then I tried to say goodbye Just gratitude No grand design One little message One honest line And somehow goodbye Turned into hi [Drums hit] I didn't ask for you Didn't look for you Didn't need another flame Then every road got strange as hell And somehow knew your name Nine on clocks Nine in lines Same damn echo Different signs I can call it chance I often do Doesn't change What I felt with you [Chorus] Don't mistake my quiet For a love that quieted down Don't mistake my leaving For me not wanting you around I won't chase your footsteps I won't drag you back through town But don't mistake my quiet For a love That quieted down [Santur motif] I've watched men run To win your eyes Promise moons And sell you skies That's not me And never was Love ain't real Because it shoves You have to choose That's where I stand Your voice Your life Your open hand If that hand Don't reach for mine I'll hurt like hell And I'll be fine [Chorus] Don't mistake my quiet For a love that quieted down Don't mistake my distance For a fire that burned out I can want you Without owning What your answer comes to mean I can love you from the daylight Without walking Through your dream [Guitar and santur trade hook] Funny thing about becoming You don't hear it while it grows One day something fits your shoulders That you couldn't wear before I kept building Kept creating Found a voice beneath the noise Watched the room grow ever wider While I learned to make a choice Five more footsteps To a number I can only cross one time Whole damn world Is getting louder Still your memory Cuts the line [Drums stop] That's the part I can't explain [Santur answers] Maybe I don't have to [Drums slam back] [Bridge] Have I loved Yes Have I cared God yes Have I ever loved another Quite like this Not yet That's not prophecy That's not proof That's one man Telling one damn truth I don't need the sky To make it sound profound I just know When everything gets loud You're the one I still hear When nobody Is making a sound [Full chorus] DON'T mistake my quiet For a love that quieted down Don't mistake my patience For somebody backing down I won't fight you I won't corner you I won't wear your freedom out But don't mistake my quiet For a love That quieted down Don't mistake my silence For forgetting what we found Some things disappear with distance Some things Only settle down [Instrumental hook] [Guitar asks] [Santur answers] [Bass takes melody] [Drums build] September hangs above me Like a match that hasn't struck I don't call the date a promise I don't worship signs or luck Something heavy Something changing Something asking me to choose Do I run toward what I wanted Or become What I can't lose [Final chorus] Don't mistake my quiet For a love that quieted down I became a stronger man I didn't have to shut it down If your road comes back beside me You'll know exactly where I'm found If it doesn't I'll keep walking But don't mistake my quiet For a love That quieted Down [Floor stomp] [Floor stomp] [Santur: nine-note figure] [Quiet vocal] I tried to say goodbye Funny That's how you arrived [Guitar hook] [End]
