[Verse 1] In the hallway, you look down Then up, then gone again I catch your sleeve in the corner of my eye Like a match near skin At the doorway, shoulder turned You pause, then let me pass And my chest goes tight Like I just missed something fast [Pre-Chorus] Every room gets smaller When you walk right through I keep pretending not to see How you do what you do My hands go cold My face goes hot And every almost-meeting Feels like too much, not enough [Chorus] Sidelong glances Sidelong glances Say my name without a sound Sidelong glances Sidelong glances Pull me closer to the ground [Verse 2] On the stairwell, one flight up You turn and hold my stare Just a second, maybe less But it stays with me up there In the mirror by the coat rack I see you behind my back And the look we never keep Keeps coming right back [Pre-Chorus] Every room gets smaller When you walk right through I keep pretending not to see How you do what you do My pulse won’t settle My throat won’t talk And every almost-meeting Feels like a door left unlocked [Chorus] Sidelong glances Sidelong glances Say my name without a sound Sidelong glances Sidelong glances Pull me closer to the ground [Bridge] Then you were gone for days Maybe weeks, I lost track I told myself it was over Told myself not to look back But the space you left Was loud in my chest I kept hearing that first look Like a question I never said [Verse 3] Then you came back through the crowd Like nothing ever changed My heart hit hard, then harder And everything stayed strange You stood there by the doorway Close enough to break I took one breath, then crossed the room Before I could think or shake [Chorus] Sidelong glances Sidelong glances Say my name without a sound Sidelong glances Sidelong glances I’m not letting this go now Sidelong glances Sidelong glances Pull me closer to the ground [Outro] I looked at you You looked at me Then I said what I meant And you stayed to see
