Waiting for the Other One

[Verse 1] I left a little distance just to see you cross it You saw the space between us and were scared to walk it I counted every second you were standing still You counted every reason I might never will Were you waiting for permission I was waiting to give? Was I asking you to follow while pretending I could live Without knowing if you'd reach me when I loosened my hold? How did wanting reassurance leave us both in the cold? [Chorus] We both waited for the other one To say don't go, to say we're not done You needed me to reach, I needed you to run Straight into the space we were both running from Nobody left, but nobody stayed We watched what we wanted slowly slip away Two hearts holding out for proof that never comes We both waited for the other one [Verse 2] I thought giving you room was something close to kind You thought every step away meant I'd made up my mind So you guarded every feeling I was trying to find While I searched every pause for what you wouldn't define Did we call it giving space when we were testing who cared? Did we measure love by noticing who first got scared? Maybe neither one abandoned what we wanted to become Maybe we just kept on waiting for the other one [Chorus] We both waited for the other one To say don't go, to say we're not done You needed me to reach, I needed you to run Straight into the space we were both running from Nobody left, but nobody stayed We watched what we wanted slowly slip away Two hearts holding out for proof that never comes We both waited for the other one [Bridge, Female] What if I had crossed the distance? What if you had called me back? Would we still have found a reason To believe the worst we had? Were we waiting to feel wanted? Were we frightened to be first? How did asking love for evidence Become the thing that made it hurt? [Final Breakdown, Male] You wanted me to chase you I wanted you to stay You backed up for an answer I thought you walked away You called my distance apathy I called your distance proof We spent the whole damn ending Waiting on each other to move And I would've fucking moved If I knew that's what you needed But you wanted me to know Without you ever having to speak it I was standing right there too Scared as hell you'd turn and run Two idiots wanting the same damn thing And neither one would be the one So don't tell me I abandoned you Don't tell yourself you left Nobody made the final move We just waited there to death You needed me to fight for us I needed one reason to come And that's the sickest part of all We both waited for the other one [Final Chorus, Duet] We both waited for the other one To say don't go, to say we're not done You needed me to reach, I needed you to run Straight into the space we were both running from Nobody left, but nobody stayed We watched what we wanted slowly slip away Two hearts holding out for proof that never comes We both waited for the other one [Outro, Female] If neither one was leaving Why did neither one come home?