Lyrics: Khowani Bulwani
Verse 1
I left your sweater on the edge of my memory
it still holds the shape of your laugh when the room gets slow
I tried to replace the spaces you used to breathe in me
but nothing really fits the way you used to know
you don’t call it love anymore, you just call it timing
but timing never felt like it had your face
and I keep hearing you in the way my thoughts go quiet
like you never really left this place
Pre-Chorus
and I’m not sure if I’m moving on
or just learning how to miss you better
Chorus
if you stay in the space between us
I’ll learn how to live in it too
I don’t need forever, no
just a minute that still feels like you
and if we drift into the same quiet wavelength
don’t fix it, let it be
I’d rather feel you fade in slow motion
than never feel you reach me
Verse 2
your sound doesn’t sit on my tongue like it used to
it broke into smaller pieces I don’t say out loud
I found your version of me in different rooms I walked through
still acting like you’d turn around
there’s a version of us that never got to happen
it lives between the chords of every song I play
I don’t chase it, I just let it happen
when the night starts calling you again
Pre-Chorus
maybe distance is just another way
of keeping something alive
Chorus
if you stay in the space between us
I’ll learn how to live in it too
I don’t need forever, no
just a minute that still feels like you
and if we drift into the same quiet wavelength
don’t fix it, let it be
I’d rather feel you fade in slow motion
than never feel you reach me
Bridge
we don’t fall apart, we just soften
until we can’t tell what we were
but I still reach for you in the pauses
between every word
Final Chorus (soft)
if you stay in the space between us
don’t make it leave too soon
I built a quiet world around it
so it still knows you
and if we drift into the same quiet wavelength
don’t fix it, let it be
I’d rather feel you fade in slow motion
than never feel you reach me
Outro
I don’t need to hold you
just to feel you near
some things don’t end
they just disappear softer here