HERS “STATIC BETWEEN US”

Lyrics

VERSE 1 — MORNING HIM: Morning light in a glass box room Steam on the window, same old tune I’m already here when she walks in And something changes when the day begins HER: Morning light through the same glass room He’s already here when I walk in I tell myself it’s just another day Then he looks up and I look away HIM: We reach for cups in the same small space HER: His hand is there and I misjudge the space HIM: Her shoulder brushes my wrist by mistake HER: I laugh it off before my face can change HIM: I don’t say a word HER: I don’t let it show BOTH: But something moved that neither one should know ⸻ PRE-CHORUS — SIDE BY SIDE HIM: There’s a silence when the rush dies down HER: Just his breath and the hum of the town HIM: And I swear when she looks my way— HER: I wonder what he’s trying not to say HIM: Maybe it’s nothing HER: Maybe it’s me BOTH: Maybe we’re standing too close to see ⸻ CHORUS HIM: There’s a static between us— HER: A current we don’t touch HIM: Pulling like gravity— HER: Saying too much BOTH: We stand too close just to stay apart Like two live wires afraid of the spark HIM: And I don’t move HER: I don’t cross that line HIM: But she lives in the back of my mind HER: And he keeps finding his way into mine BOTH: Every time we’re near, we come undone Wanting something neither one should want ⸻ VERSE 2 — THE RUSH HER: I pass him lids HIM: I pass her change HER: Our fingers meet HIM: And the whole room changes HER: Half-second lightning HIM: Straight through my veins BOTH: Then back to work like nothing changed HIM: She smiles once, then looks away HER: Before my eyes give anything away HIM: Like maybe she knows what I won’t say HER: Like maybe he feels it the same damn way HIM: Or maybe I’m losing sleep HER: Maybe I’m reading too deep BOTH: Into a feeling we don’t have the right to keep ⸻ PRE-CHORUS HER: So I tell myself it’s nothing real HIM: Just the way tired people feel HER: But the air gets heavy when he’s around HIM: Like the whole damn room knows what I’ve found HER: Don’t look too long HIM: Don’t say her name BOTH: Don’t give something nameless a flame ⸻ CHORUS HER: There’s a static between us— HIM: A current we don’t touch HER: Pulling like gravity— HIM: Saying too much BOTH: We stand too close just to stay apart Two live wires afraid of the spark HER: And I don’t move HIM: I don’t cross that line HER: But he lives in the back of my mind HIM: And she keeps finding her way into mine BOTH: Every time we’re near, we come undone In something neither one of us begun ⸻ TURN — END OF SHIFT The room empties. Espresso machine shuts down. Chairs scrape against the floor. For the first time in the song, their voices stop overlapping. HER: See you tomorrow. HIM: Yeah. Tomorrow. Door closes. ⸻ PART II — APART VERSE 3A — HIS HOME HIM: I go home, keys in my hand Try to be the man I am She’s there waiting, sharp as truth Same rough edges I’ve always known She asks me how my day has been With that fire underneath her skin She ain’t gentle, never claimed to be But God, she still means home to me I kiss my wife, I hold her close And I mean it more than she’ll ever know There’s history here, there’s blood and bone A thousand reasons this is home But in the quiet when the lights go low There’s another name I don’t let show And I hate that somewhere underneath A coffee-shop morning followed me ⸻ VERSE 3B — HER HOME HER: I turn my key and close the door Drop my bag down on the floor Another evening, another room But somehow he came home with me too I know there’s someone in his arms Someone who knows all his scars A woman who knew him long before I ever walked through that coffee-shop door So I never ask what I want to know Never give this feeling room to grow I keep my hands where my hands should be And leave his life where it ought to be Still sometimes I hear him say my name And something underneath it sounds the same But wanting doesn’t make it right So I leave him where I left him tonight ⸻ BRIDGE — TWO HOMES / TWO MINDS They begin separately. Their voices gradually find each other again, though they are miles apart. HIM: I don’t blame her HER: I don’t blame him HIM: I don’t blame me HER: I don’t blame me BOTH: Some things just happen quietly No villain here, no easy sin Just a door we know we shouldn’t open HIM: I could walk away HER: I could disappear HIM: But distance doesn’t end what’s here HER: And saying it would make it real BOTH: So silence is the choice we make For everybody else’s sake HIM: I know what I’ve got at home HER: I know he doesn’t belong to me HIM: And I won’t trade a life for a feeling HER: And I won’t ask him to choose me BOTH: So we carry what we can’t confess Two separate rooms The same unrest ⸻ INSTRUMENTAL BREAK Muted trumpet represents him. Tenor sax represents her.