HERS “STATIC BETWEEN US”

Lyrics

Static Between Us Her Side VERSE 1 Morning light in a glass box room Steam on the window, same old tune He’s already there when I walk in And something changes when the day begins We reach for cups in the same small space My shoulder brushes his wrist by mistake I laugh it off like it’s nothing new But all damn morning I can feel it too PRE-CHORUS There’s a silence when the rush dies down Just his breath and the hum of the town And sometimes when he looks my way I wonder what he’s trying not to say CHORUS There’s a static between us, a current we don’t touch Pulling like gravity, saying too much We stand too close just to stay apart Like two live wires afraid of the spark And I don’t move, I don’t cross that line But he finds his way into the back of my mind Every time he’s near, I come undone Wanting something I know I shouldn’t want VERSE 2 I pass him lids, he passes change Our fingers meet and the whole room changes A half-second spark, then I pull away Before my eyes give anything away I smile once, then I turn my head Before I show him what I haven’t said Maybe he feels it, maybe he don’t Maybe I’m reading a story he won’t PRE-CHORUS So I tell myself it’s nothing real Just a stupid thing I let myself feel But the air gets heavy when he’s around And every little silence gets too loud CHORUS There’s a static between us, a current we don’t touch Pulling like gravity, saying too much We stand too close just to stay apart Like two live wires afraid of the spark And I don’t move, I don’t cross that line But he finds his way into the back of my mind Every time he’s near, I come undone Wanting something I know I shouldn’t want VERSE 3 I know there’s someone waiting at home I’ve heard enough to know he’s not alone There’s a life beyond these coffee-stained walls A woman who knows him when evening falls 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 But sometimes when he says my name There’s something underneath that sounds the same And for one second I almost believe There’s something here that neither one can leave BRIDGE I don’t blame him, I don’t blame me Some things arrive without asking permission No promises made, no vows undone No secret nights, no damage done I could say the words, but what would they change? Turn something quiet into something with a name And once you name it, where do you go? Some doors are better left closed So I’ll take the smiles, I’ll take the space Those little seconds I can’t erase And never ask him to choose between The life he has and what this might mean INSTRUMENTAL BREAK Muted trumpet begins the phrase alone. Tenor sax answers it from a distance — almost meeting, almost resolving, but never quite landing on the same note. FINAL CHORUS There’s a static between us, a current we don’t touch Still pulling like gravity, still saying too much We stand too close just to stay apart Two quiet storms afraid of the spark And I won’t move, I won’t cross that line Though he finds his way into the back of my mind Every time he’s near, I come undone For something that was never mine to want OUTRO Tomorrow I’ll walk through that door again He’ll already be there like he’s always been I’ll smile like nothing has changed at all He’ll look my way when the morning calls Then when the shift is finally through He’ll go back home to the life he chose And I’ll watch him leave like I always do Keeping one thing he’ll never know There’s a static between us… And I don’t touch it.