Where the Silence Answers

[Intro — quiet, almost spoken] I sent a little piece of life. I thought you'd see it when you woke. One grey mark beside the words. Nothing warned me what it meant. [Verse 1 — restrained, building] A picture of my dog that day, Something small to make you smile. I left it waiting on your screen, Thought you'd be back in a little while. By evening, nothing there had changed. I told myself you needed sleep. I took that silence into bed, Not knowing what the dark would keep. [Pre-Chorus — rising intensity] Then morning put your sister's voice Against my ear, inside my room. She tried to find the words to say— And all my world ran out of you. [Chorus — soaring clean vocals, screamed accents] I still reach for you Where the silence answers back. You were never just someone— You were somewhere I belonged. Now there's nowhere for this love to go, So it tears its way through every song. I don't know how to live with gone. I only know you're still the one I call. [Verse 2 — urgent, rhythmic] We could go so long without a word And never feel a world apart. One stupid joke, we'd fall to pieces, Then talk until we bared our hearts. You never made me hide the truth Or dress the darker parts in light. I thought we'd have another lifetime To finish what we left that night. [Pre-Chorus — screamed, opening into clean] I used to put my faith in fate. Now I can't bear to say its name. No reason makes this right. No meaning takes your place. [Chorus — full intensity] I still reach for you Where the silence answers back. You were never just someone— You were somewhere I belonged. Now there's nowhere for this love to go, So it tears its way through every song. I don't know how to live with gone. I only know you're still the one I call. [Bridge — stripped back, intimate] That night, a pain beneath my shoulders. By morning, something gripped my chest. I cannot tell you what it meant. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't rest. Maybe we were almost something We never found the time to name. But I don't need a different ending To know how much you meant to me. [Breakdown — raw screamed vocals, half-time] DON'T TELL ME THIS WAS MEANT TO BE. DON'T MAKE A LESSON OF YOUR LOSS. YOU SHOULD BE HERE. YOU SHOULD BE HERE. I'VE GOT A THOUSAND THINGS TO TELL YOU— AND NO WAY THROUGH. [Final Chorus — soaring, layered clean and screamed vocals] I still reach for you Where the silence answers back. You were never just someone— You were somewhere I belonged. Now there's nowhere for this love to go, So I'll give it breath in every song. I don't know how to live with gone. Tonight, I'll sing what I can't say at all. [Outro — quiet, voice nearly breaking] Your picture's still inside our chat. Sometimes I stop and read your words. For half a breath, we're us again.