[Intro - Clean guitar with distant ambience] I saw your name scratched into the paint On the back of a hallway door Faded ink but it wouldn’t erase Like I’ve seen it all before [Verse 1] You keep your words in a locked-up drawer Key buried under your tongue Every time I get close to more You say I’ve already won But your hands shake when the room goes still Like there’s something you won’t show And I wait there against my will For a truth I’ll never know [Pre-Chorus] You step back just as I lean in Like you’re guarding every inch of skin [Chorus] I see it hiding behind your eyes Every time that you look away There’s a line that you won’t cross twice But you’re standing on it anyway And I’m caught in the space you leave Every word that you never say I see it hiding behind your eyes But you won’t let it fade [Verse 2] There’s a crack in the way you speak Like a record about to break Every promise you try to keep Feels like one more risk to take And your voice drops low when you say my name Like it’s something you regret Still I’m here in this quiet game Placing bets I won’t forget [Pre-Chorus] You pull back just as I begin Like you’re fighting what’s underneath your skin [Chorus] I see it hiding behind your eyes Every time that you look away There’s a line that you won’t cross twice But you’re standing on it anyway And I’m caught in the space you leave Every word that you never say I see it hiding behind your eyes But you won’t let it fade [Bridge - Stripped down, rising intensity] Say it once, just let it fall Even if it breaks it all I don’t need a perfect line Just something real this time [Build - Drums re-enter, tension rising] You don’t have to run again You don’t have to play pretend [Chorus - Full band, higher intensity] I see it hiding behind your eyes Every time that you look away There’s a line that you won’t cross twice But you’re standing on it anyway And I’m caught in the space you leave Every word that you never say I see it hiding behind your eyes But you won’t let it fade [Outro - Fading guitars, echoing vocal] Still you turn when I get close Like I’m someone you almost chose And I wait where the silence grows Behind your eyes… it shows
