Spaces Behind

Verse 1

I watch your message light the screen

The coldest words I’ve ever seen

You text me details of your day

And put our friendship on display

You call me "brother," call me "friend"

Another line I cannot bend

A million words I want to speak

But the heavy zone leaves me weak.

Chorus

And I am living in the spaces that you leave behind

A ghost tracking the boundary that you have designed

I’m falling hard, I’m falling deep into the blue

But I’m too scared to catch my breath and tell it to you

What if I speak and the world breaks in two?

What if I’m just a best friend to you?

Verse 2

You tell me all about your crush

I force a smile, I hide the rush

Of jealousy that burns so deep

While playing guide to secrets you keep

I type a reply, delete it twice

And offer up some safe advice

It's getting harder to pretend

I only want to be your friend.

Chorus

And I am living in the spaces that you leave behind

A ghost tracking the boundary that you have designed

I’m falling hard, I’m falling deep into the blue

But I’m too scared to catch my breath and tell it to you

What if I speak and the world breaks in two?

What if I’m just a best friend to you?

Verse 3

You send a voice note at 2 AM

I press replay and I play it again

Listening close to the tone of your voice

Wishing that I was your ultimate choice

You say that you’re lonely, you say that you’re sad

But I am the comfort you’ve always had

A shoulder to cry on, a safe place to land

While I’m dying inside just to hold your hand.

Verse 4

I watch you group-photo us into the past

A permanent frame where the friendship will last

You upload the picture and tag me with pride

With a caption that kills what is growing inside

"My favorite person, my rock till the end"

The sweetest reminder that I’m just a friend

You lock us in ink where we’re never apart

But each happy comment is breaking my heart.

Bridge

It hurts to stay silent, it’s a heavy weight

But crossing this line means risking our fate

I’d rather have pieces of you in the light

Than lose you completely by starting a fight

Is it safer to suffer and stay by your side?

Or ruin it all with the feelings I hide?

Chorus

'Cause I am living in the spaces that you leave behind

A ghost tracking the boundary that you have designed

I’m falling hard, I’m falling deep into the blue

But I’m too scared to catch my breath and tell it to you

What if I speak and the world breaks in two?

What if I’m just a best friend to you?

Outro

Just a contact on your phone

Listening to you alone

Standing frozen at the start

With a secret in my heart

Turn the page and close the book

Safe within the friend path we took.