[Intro – fingerpicked guitar, alone] Dm – C – Dm – C | Dm – F – C – Dm [Verse 1 – low, almost spoken, two voices close] Dm C I walked the street where the lamplights bend, Dm C Past a thousand windows with no one to lend Dm F C Dm A word, a glance, or a hand to hold, Dm F C Dm Just shadows reading stories left untold. [Verse 2] Dm C A crowd was moving like a tide of glass, Dm C Each face a mirror, none would let me pass, Dm F C Dm And all the voices rose, but none could say Dm F C Dm The things they carried hidden all the way. [Chorus – voices open up, harmony wider] Bb F C Dm Oh, hear the hush between the voices, Bb F A Dm The truth we hide in our small choices, Bb F C Dm It's growing louder in the dark, Bb F A Dm A quiet fire, a silent spark. [Verse 3 – drums enter softly] Dm C I tried to speak, but my words were thin, Dm C They fell like snow on a sea of din, Dm F C Dm And I saw the ones who learned to hide Dm F C Dm Behind the songs they sang with pride. [Bridge – building, electric guitar swells] Gm Dm "Wake up," I cried, "before it's late, Bb A The door is open, the heart can wait," Gm Dm But the neon hummed its lullaby, Bb A And no one looked up at the sky. [Verse 4 – strings enter, voices layered] Dm C Then morning broke on the empty square, Dm C A single prayer hung in the air, Dm F C Dm Written not in ink or stone, Dm F C Dm But in the silence we all own. [Final Chorus – full, two-part harmony] Bb F C Dm Oh, hear the hush between the voices, Bb F A Dm The truth we hide in our small choices, Bb F C Dm It's growing louder in the dark, Bb F A Dm A quiet fire, a silent spark. [Outro – guitar fades, voices whisper] Dm C Bb A Dm Listen... to the hush... between the voices...
