Verse 1 The coffee’s growing cold between my hands, a useless weight I watch you check your watch and trace the hour, getting late We’re laughing at a joke we’ve told a hundred times before But I am staring at the threshold, wishing for an open door Four years of memories are flashing right before my eyes And I’m terrified this sentence is the way our story dies. Pre-Chorus I’ve kept it hidden in the dark, a quiet, aching bruise Because risking what we have is a game I’m terrified to lose If I step across the boundary, if I put it on display Can we ever go back to the way we were today? Chorus So I am stepping into the open, let the shelter fall behind And gambling the only peace that I could ever find I’m going to tell you how I love you, though it tears the world apart And pray that I don't break the bond that held us from the start Because I’d rather have a painful truth than a sweet lie Even if the truth means that we have to say goodbye. Verse 2 You glance up with a gentle smile that almost breaks my resolve The kind of warmth that makes the darkest winter start to melt and dissolve You're the nicest and the funniest, the sweetest soul I've ever known A brilliant light in every room, a grace that's all your own Most days the depression is a shadow hanging over my head But every heavy cloud just vanishes when I’m with you instead To live inside the safety of the friend I am to you But it’s a beautiful deception and it’s wearing through the floor And I can't keep pretending that I do not want something more. Pre-Chorus I’ve kept it hidden in the dark, a quiet, aching bruise Because risking what we have is a game I’m terrified to lose If I step across the boundary, if I put it on display Can we ever go back to the way we were today? Bridge (The music drops to a soft acoustic guitar or a muted piano) My throat is completely dry, my pulse is hammering away Do I keep the secret safe, or do I finally confess? If you say you don't feel it, does the laughter turn to stone? Do we walk out of this room and walk our separate ways alone? (The instruments swell with a heavy, melancholic wave) But the silence is a prison... and I have to take the key. Chorus So I am stepping into the open, let the shelter fall behind And gambling the only peace that I could ever find I’m going to tell you how I love you, though it tears the world apart And pray that I don't break the bond that held us from the start Because I’d rather have a painful truth than a sweet lie Even if the truth means that we have to say goodbye. Outro I just look you in the eye. Take a breath and say the words. Hoping that our history... Can survive the things you've heard. Please don't walk away. (The final piano note fades out slowly into a tense, quiet silence)
