QuietRoomBetweenUs

You hang your coat

On the same old chair

Mumble “long day”

As you climb the stair

I make some tea

Forget what to say

Watch the steam rise

Watch you slip away

In this quiet room between us

There’s a hundred words I never spoke

Every almost

Every promise

Curling up like unfinished smoke

If you reach for me

I’ll answer

If you stay

I’ll stay right here

In this quiet room between us

I’m still learning how to hold you near

Your tired laugh

Cracks the evening glass

You ask “you okay”

I just let it pass

But my hands ache

With the truth they hide

I just want you

To know I’m on your side

In this quiet room between us

There’s a hundred words I never spoke

Every almost

Every promise

Curling up like unfinished smoke

If you reach for me

I’ll answer

If you stay

I’ll stay right here

In this quiet room between us

I’m still learning how to hold you near

What if I say

I’m scared you’ll see

Every broken

Brittle

Part of me (mm)

Would you turn away

Or would you stay and prove me wrong

In this quiet room between us

Let me finally tell the truth

All the love I tried to measure

Has been spilling out for you

If you reach for me

I’ll answer

If you stay

I’ll lose the fear

In this quiet room between us

I will learn

I will learn

How to keep you near