“STATIC BETWEEN US”

Lyrics

Static Between Us VERSE 1 Morning light in a glass box room Steam on the window, same old tune I’m already there when she walks in And 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 gets quietly stirred PRE-CHORUS There’s a silence when the rush dies down Just her breath and the hum of the town And I swear when she looks my way The world forgets what it came 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 in the dark of my heart And I don’t move, I don’t cross that line But I feel her in the back of my mind Every time she’s near, I come undone In a war I never meant to run VERSE 2 She passes me lids, I pass her change Our fingers meet like it’s something strange A half-second spark I can’t explain Like lightning hiding inside my veins She smiles once, then looks away Like she knows exactly 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 And I tell myself it’s nothing real Just the way tired people feel But the air gets heavy when she’s around Like the whole damn room knows what I’ve found 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 in the dark of my heart And I don’t move, I don’t cross that line But I feel her in the back of my mind Every time she’s near, I come undone In a war I never meant to run VERSE 3 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 But in the quiet when the lights go low There’s another name I don’t let show BRIDGE I don’t blame her, I don’t blame me Some things just happen quietly No villain here, no easy sin Just a heart that split where it’s always been I could walk away, I could pretend But that wouldn’t make it end ’Cause love don’t always choose just one Sometimes it breaks you just for fun And I know what I’ve got at home Isn’t something I leave alone So I carry this I can’t confess Like a weight I never address INSTRUMENTAL BREAK Muted trumpet and tenor sax trade phrases like unspoken thoughts — tension, restraint, near-confession, then pulling back into silence. FINAL CHORUS There’s a static between us, a current we don’t touch Still pulling like gravity, saying too much We stand too close just to stay apart Two quiet storms in a crowded heart And I don’t move, I don’t cross that line But she lives in the back of my mind Every time she’s near, I come undone In a war I never meant to run OUTRO Tomorrow I’ll be back again Same small room, same way it ends She’ll smile like nothing’s changed at all And I’ll answer when the day calls Then I’ll go home when the shift is through To the woman I still belong to And I’ll love her like I always do While I carry what I can’t undo There’s a static between us… And I don’t touch it.