The Quiet Space Between Us

[Verse 1]

You're sitting right beside me

In the room we used to know

Your fingers rest against mine

But there's somewhere you won't go

You smile at all the old jokes

You remember every line

Yet I'm searching through your silence

For the you who once was mine

[Pre-Chorus]

Did the years redraw your heart?

Did we change without a sound?

How can you be here beside me

While I'm still trying to find you now?

[Chorus]

There's a stranger in your eyes

Wearing someone I once knew

Same familiar face before me

But a different shade of blue

And I hate the way I miss you

When you're only inches wide

You're still here, I'm still here

But there's a stranger in your eyes

[Verse 2]

I could ask you what has happened

I could tear the silence through

But I'm scared the truth might answer

What my heart won't let me do

So I tell you that I'm tired

You say, "Baby, so am I"

Then we settle in the quiet

With a thousand words denied

[Pre-Chorus]

Maybe neither one betrayed

Maybe neither one let go

Maybe love can keep on living

While forgetting how to show

[Chorus]

There's a stranger in your eyes

Wearing someone I once knew

Same familiar face before me

But a different shade of blue

And I hate the way I miss you

When you're only inches wide

You're still here, I'm still here

But there's a stranger in your eyes

[Bridge]

If I reach, will you reach back?

If I ask, will you explain?

Are we standing in a doorway

Or just dancing in the rain?

I won't call this the ending

I won't say that we are through

I just wish I knew the distance

Between the old us and the new

[Final Chorus]

There's a stranger in your eyes

Still the person I hold near

Still the voice I turn to find

When the world becomes unclear

And I'm holding on to something

I can feel but cannot name

You're still here, I'm still here

But we don't feel quite the same

[Outro]

You turn and ask me, "Are you alright?"

I say, "Yeah, I'm doing fine."

Then you lay your hand upon mine

And I wonder if you feel it too

That quiet space between us

Where the old us used to shine.