[INTRO] (low bass, single Rhodes chord) You know what's funny? Two people can sleep in the same bed... and still live on opposite sides of the world. [VERSE 1] You say you don't care I say I don't either We both got our armor Buttoned up to the collar You walk into the kitchen I suddenly need a drink You ask me how my day was I tell you what you wanna think There's a thousand little sentences Living underneath our tongue But pride keeps standing at the door Saying, "Don't let anybody in." [PRE-CHORUS] We know exactly where it hurts That's why we never touch it We know exactly what to say That's why we say nothing [CHORUS] What we don't say Is louder than the words What we don't touch Is where the damage hurts We keep saying we're alright Like repetition makes it true But what we don't say Keeps saying "I'm still here with you." [VERSE 2] You keep your suitcase in the closet Like you're halfway out the door I keep pretending not to notice What I noticed months before You don't ask me where I'm going I don't ask you where you've been We built a little house of silence And we're both afraid to live in it Sometimes I wonder If we fell in love with each other Or just fell in love With being understood. [CHORUS] What we don't say Is louder than the words What we don't touch Is where the damage hurts We keep saying we're alright Like repetition makes it true But what we don't say Keeps saying "I'm still here with you." [BRIDGE] (drums disappear, Rhodes and bass) Maybe I hurt you. Maybe you hurt me. Maybe keeping score Is just another way Of refusing to be free. I don't need you to apologize. I don't need you to explain. I just need you to stop pretending That you don't feel the same. (silence) Because I do. [BREAKDOWN] (Hammond slowly enters) I'm angry. I'm scared. I'm tired. I'm still here. Those four things can exist in the same heart. [FINAL CHORUS] What we don't say Is louder than the words What we don't touch Is where the damage hurts If we're gonna stay together We gotta tell the truth 'Cause what we don't say Will eventually Speak for me and you. [OUTRO] (bass alone) So... Are you leaving? (long pause) No? Then come sit down. Let's stop pretending we don't have anything to say. (single rim shot)
