[Verse 1] I saw you holding every conversation, like the room had settled on your side. Every gesture landed where you meant it, every answer carried quiet pride. Your eyes would catch the light between the pauses, your hands kept time with every thought. I don't remember what was being said then— only the feeling that I'd been caught. [Pre-Chorus] So I watched in silence, never crossed the floor. Didn't know your name then, only wanted more. [Chorus] Watching from a distance. Was it caution? Was it fear? Or just the way I'm wired? I didn't want to make things awkward, out of respect—or maybe fear of what people might say. [Verse 2] Finding you again was never difficult; your profile wasn't hard to find. You were with someone I'd shaken hands with— someone decent, someone I couldn't undermine. You let me in without a second thought, every post another glimpse of you. What I'd seen that Saturday wasn't a passing moment; it was the start of something that quietly grew. [Pre-Chorus] A love that couldn't ask for daylight. You weren't free, and neither was I. So I kept it where it couldn't hurt anyone... except me. [Chorus] Watching from a distance. Was it caution? Was it fear? Or just the way I'm wired? I didn't want to make things awkward, out of respect—or maybe fear of what people might say. [Bridge] Years keep moving. Lives rearrange themselves. He disappears. You're living somewhere else. I'm still bound to empty vows, a life that ended years ago. Wondering if you're finally free, wondering if I'd ever let you know. A quiet love. A hidden one. One that never asked to become real. [Final Chorus] Watching from a distance. Was it caution? Was it fear? Or just the way I'm wired? I didn't want to change a thing, out of respect—or maybe fear of what might happen next. Watching from a distance... always left tomorrow untouched.
