Say It Now Before We're Cold

[Verse 1]

You asked me if I was alright

I said, "I'm tired," and killed the light

You turned away, I watched you go

With half a truth I couldn't show

You had a thousand things to say

I saw them gathering on your face

But we had learned, somewhere along

To hide the wound and call it strong

[Pre-Chorus]

We kept the peace, we paid the price

With little cuts we called advice

And every truth we pushed aside

Built another wall inside

[Chorus]

We swallowed words until they grew

Into the things we couldn't undo

You held your hurt, I held mine too

And silence said what neither knew

We never screamed, we never broke

We let the distance do the most

Now every sentence comes too late

We're learning how a heart can wait

[Verse 2]

You saved your tears for empty rooms

I saved my anger for the moon

We blamed the hours, blamed the days

And let our tenderness decay

I thought that love would understand

The things I couldn't say firsthand

You thought I'd know you needed more

We both stood waiting by a locked door

[Pre-Chorus]

We kept the peace, we paid the price

Mistook our fear for being nice

And every truth we pushed aside

Became the space we couldn't cross tonight

[Chorus]

We swallowed words until they grew

Into the things we couldn't undo

You held your hurt, I held mine too

And silence said what neither knew

We never screamed, we never broke

We let the distance do the most

Now every sentence comes too late

We're learning how a heart can wait

[Bridge]

What if the truth had hurt us less

Than all these years of carefulness?

What if one tear, one honest sound

Could've stopped us drifting out?

I'm not asking who was wrong

I'm asking where we lost our song

Before we turn to strangers here

Say what you came to say, my dear

[Final Chorus]

We swallowed words until they grew

Now every wall is built by two

I held my hurt, you held yours too

And neither knew what love went through

We never screamed, we never broke

We watched the distance take its hold

If there's a truth we haven't told

Say it now before we're cold

[Outro]

The room is quiet

The night is long

I'm still right here

But where have we gone?