Static Between Us

"I think we stopped speaking long before we stopped touching…"

Verse 1

You slept facing the window again

Blue morning tangled in your hair

The television glowed without sound

Like something dying quietly in the room

I counted cracks across the ceiling

Tried not to move beside you

Even breathing felt intrusive

Like we were strangers sharing heat

Pre-Chorus

There's a silence

That grows slowly like mold

Across everything we tried to hold

Chorus

Now there's static between us

Soft electrical decay

Two tired ghosts in the same bed

Watching love dissolve into grey

And your eyes avoid mine

Like they already know

Some things don't break all at once

They just slowly let go

Verse 2

Your coffee turned cold beside the sink

My jacket still smelled like smoke

The hallway light flickered softly

Like the apartment couldn't stay awake

You asked me if I was listening

I lied and said I was

But I was somewhere underwater

Trying not to come apart

Bridge

Maybe we stayed

Because leaving required strength

And exhaustion can look like love

From far enough away

Maybe we held each other

The way abandoned buildings hold rain

Not to heal

Just to keep collapsing slower

Final Chorus

Now there's static between us

A low unfinished hum

Like dying neon in the darkness

After everybody's gone

And I still reach for your shoulder

Half asleep in the blue light

Even knowing there's nobody there anymore

By the end of the night