Between What We Don’t Say

You stand beside me in the quiet light Close enough to blur the lines Your hand brushes mine by accident But we both pretend it’s nothing Every word we choose is safe Careful like we’re walking glass There’s a fire under the surface But we let it pass I see it in the way you turn Like you’re afraid of what might burn Between what we don’t say There’s a storm we hide away In the silence, in the space Where your shadow touches my face We play our roles, we draw the line Two hearts out of time If love is here, it has to stay Between what we don’t say Late night calls that last too long Breathing heavy through the phone We talk about everything Except the truth we’ve always known Your laugh lingers in my room Like perfume I can’t erase I memorize the sound of you But never say your name You look at me and look away Like honesty would break the day Between what we don’t say There’s a storm we hide away In the silence, in the space Where your shadow touches my face We play our roles, we draw the line Two hearts out of time If love is real, it has to stay Between what we don’t say If I reached for you Would you let me fall? Or would we lose Everything we built at all? Maybe some loves survive Only if they’re never tried Between what we don’t say Is where we choose to stay No confession, no goodbye Just the truth behind our eyes Two hearts beating quietly In perfect tragedy If love is here, it won’t betray It lives in what we never say