Lyrics: Shawn Yang
Music: Shawn Yang
Arranger: Shawn Yang
I watched you stir your drink for twenty minutes
Counting the ice cubes like they were beads on a rosary
While the conversation drifted off into the ceiling fan
We were talking about the weather and the rent
But the frequency underneath was humming something else entirely
A low vibration shaking the foundation of this'bestfriend' thing
Youdidn't look up, but I felt your pulse from across the table
Like a drum beat looking for a pocket to land in
And suddenly the air in here got real expensive
Too thick to breathe without acknowledging the weight
Of everything wehaven't been saying for three years.
It’ s a subtle shift
A tectonic move in the dark
No more room for the'maybe'
No more space for the'almost'
No more space, no
The energy changed
We stopped pretending in the silence
The energy changed
The truth is sitting right between us now
Right between us
Yeah, it’ s heavy
There’ s a certain kind of dignity in finally letting it break
No more careful footing or watching where the sentences land
I see the way your shoulders dropped
Like you just put down a suitcase you’ ve been carrying since we met
It’ s not even about the touch yet
It’ s the way the gravity in the room just pulled us five inches closer
Without either of us moving a muscle
It’ s organic, it’ s ancestral
The way my spirit recognizes yours without the labels
We outgrew the friendship title six months ago
Today we’ re just finally telling the truth to the walls.
The energy changed
We stopped pretending in the silence
The energy changed
The truth is sitting right between us now
Right between us
Yeah, it’ s heavy
We can’ t go back to the way it was
The incense is burnt down to the ash
The water is already poured
It’ s already poured, baby
We’ re standing on the edge of the shift
And the view is terrifyingly beautiful
So beautiful
No more pretending
The energy changed
Just you and me in the truth of it
It’ s sitting right here
The shift is real
Can you feel it?
Heavy in the atmosphere
So heavy
Yeah, we’ re through with the acting
We’ re through with the roles
The energy changed
Mmm, yeah
Let it fade
Let it just... be