[Singer-Songwriter Moody Folk Sparse · Intimate · Late Night Complicated Relationship A Minor · 70 BPM Storytelling Voice] [A minor · 70 BPM · Sparse guitar, cello, silence[ [Verse 1] You've gone quiet in the particular way That means something happened that you won't say Not mad at me — I've learned to tell the difference Just gone somewhere I don't have a key [Pre-Chorus] I've been watching you From the other side of the kitchen Like a man reading weather Through a window he can't open [Chorus] So I sit here next to your quiet And I try to make it feel like home You're right here and I miss you And I don't know where you've gone I could reach — I've tried before I know how that goes So I sit here next to your quiet And I let you be alone [Verse 2] You slept on your side of the bed last night Not fighting — just distant Like the porch light was out again And this time it was you who chose the dark [Pre-Chorus] I made the coffee — both cups Left yours where you'd find it Small things are the only language left When the big ones won't come [Bridge] I used to think love was the grand gesture The changed bulb, the Wednesday dinner Now I think love might be this — Learning how to wait Without making your waiting A thing you need me to forgive [Final Chorus — something shifts; he understands] I sit here next to your quiet And I try to make it feel like home You're right here and I miss you But I'm staying — I'm not going Maybe this is what you need Maybe this is what I owe Just sitting here next to your quiet Telling you by staying — You're not alone [Outro — she comes back] You came back — like you always do Just poured yourself the coffee Sat down next to me And said — "Thank you for not asking" And I said "I know"
