““STATIC BETWEEN US””

Lyrics

[VERSE 1 — MALE Morning light in a glass box room Steam on the window, same old tune I’m already here when she walks in Something changes when the day begins We reach for cups in the same small space Her shoulder brushes my wrist by mistake She laughs it off, I don’t say a word But something in me quietly stirs] [VERSE 1 — FEMALE 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 My shoulder brushes his wrist by mistake I laugh before my expression can change I tell myself there’s nothing there But somehow I feel him everywhere] [PRE-CHORUS — ALTERNATING] MALE: When the rush dies down I wonder what she won’t say FEMALE: When the rush dies down I wonder what he won’t say BOTH: Maybe it’s nothing, maybe it’s real Maybe we’re scared of what we feel [CHORUS — BOTH] 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 We don’t move, we don’t cross that line But somehow we live in each other’s minds Every time we’re near, we come undone Wanting something neither one should want [VERSE 2 — FEMALE 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 turn my head Before I show what I haven’t said Maybe he feels it, maybe he don’t Maybe I’m reading a story he won’t] [VERSE 2 — MALE She passes lids, I pass her change Our fingers meet and the whole room changes A half-second spark runs through my veins Then back to work like nothing changed She smiles once, then looks away Like maybe she knows what I won’t say Or maybe I’m just losing sleep To a feeling I don’t have the right to keep] [PRE-CHORUS — BOTH Don’t look too long, don’t say a name Don’t give something nameless a flame] [CHORUS — BOTH 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 We don’t move, we don’t cross that line But somehow we live in each other’s minds Every time we’re near, we come undone Wanting something neither one should want] [END OF SHIFT — SPOKEN] FEMALE: See you tomorrow. MALE: Yeah. Tomorrow. [INSTRUMENTAL PAUSE — THEY GO HOME] [VERSE 3 — MALE 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 when the lights are getting low There’s another name I don’t let show Somewhere buried underneath That coffee-shop morning followed me] [VERSE 4 — FEMALE 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 walked through that coffee-shop door I never ask what I want to know Never give this feeling room to grow I keep my hands where they should be And leave his life where it ought to be Sometimes I hear him say my name And something underneath sounds the same But wanting doesn’t make it right So I leave him where I left him tonight] [BRIDGE — MALE I don’t blame her, I don’t blame me Some things just happen quietly I know what I’ve got waiting at home And that’s not something I’ll leave alone I could tell her what’s inside But some truths don’t deserve daylight I won’t trade a life for a feeling Even when the feeling won’t leave me] [BRIDGE — FEMALE I don’t blame him, I don’t blame me Some things arrive so quietly I know that he belongs somewhere And loving him won’t put me there I could tell him what’s inside But some truths are kinder left denied I won’t ask him to choose me Even if a part of him might] [BRIDGE END — BOTH] No villain here, no easy sin Just two hearts holding something in We carry what we can’t confess Two separate rooms, the same unrest [INSTRUMENTAL — NO VOCALS] Muted trumpet: MALE. Tenor sax: FEMALE. They trade phrases, meet briefly, then separate unresolved. [FINAL CHORUS — BOTH] There’s a static between us, a current we don’t touch Still pulling like gravity, saying too much Even when we’re apart, it follows us home A feeling we carry but never own We won’t move, we won’t cross that line Though we live somewhere in each other’s minds Two quiet storms in separate hearts Close all day, tonight apart Wanting something we refuse to start And maybe that’s the hardest part [OUTRO — NEXT MORNING] MALE: Morning light in a glass box room Steam on the window, same old tune I’m already here like I always am FEMALE: I open the door