““STATIC BETWEEN US””

Lyrics

[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 [MALE] 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 [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 [FEMALE] 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 [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 [BOTH] 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 [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 [FEMALE] 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 [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 [MALE] 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 [BOTH] Don’t look too long, don’t say a name Don’t give something nameless a flame [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 [BOTH] 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] [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 [MALE] 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 [MALE] 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 [MALE] 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 [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 [FEMALE] 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 [FEMALE] 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 [FEMALE] 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 [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 [MALE] 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 [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 [FEMALE] 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 [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. [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 [BOTH] 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 [BOTH] 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