Sharing Silence

Verse 1

The waiter brings our usual order,

Then looks away before we speak.

You draw a line across the napkin,

I watch the rain run down the street.

The piano misses half a measure,

The clock is running five minutes slow.

You tell me spring has come early,

As if that's all I need to know.

Pre-Chorus

No one to blame, no need to fight,

The room grows dim around the light.

We both know what we came to say,

But let the minutes slip away.

Chorus

At the last table by the window,

We let the afternoon grow thin.

You say the world is getting warmer,

I ask you how you've been.

No slammed doors, no broken glasses,

No scene for strangers to recall.

Just two people sharing silence,

Knowing that is all.

Post-Chorus

Last table by the window,

Where the afternoon grew thin.

Last table by the window,

Where the quiet settled in.

Verse 2

You fold the sugar packet neatly,

I turn the teaspoon in my hand.

You ask if I still play the old song,

I say, "Sometimes, when I can."

Your hand moves closer to the centre,

Then stops before it reaches mine.

Outside, a little girl is laughing,

As if the rain were there to play.

Pre-Chorus

No one to blame, no need to fight,

The room grows dim around the light.

We both know what we came to say,

But let the minutes slip away.

Chorus

At the last table by the window,

We let the afternoon grow thin.

You say the world is getting warmer,

I ask you how you've been.

No slammed doors, no broken glasses,

No scene for strangers to recall.

Just two people sharing silence,

Knowing that is all.

Post-Chorus

Last table by the window,

Where the afternoon grew thin.

Last table by the window,

Where the quiet settled in.

Bridge

We were more than how it ended,

More than what we couldn't say.

I can keep the good between us

And still walk away.

I won't turn us into strangers

Just to make the leaving clean.

Somewhere in this little café,

We were everything we seemed.

Chorus

At the last table by the window,

We let the afternoon grow thin.

You say the world is getting warmer,

I ask you how you've been.

No slammed doors, no broken glasses,

No scene for strangers to recall.

Just two people sharing silence,

Knowing that is all.

Post-Chorus

Last table by the window,

Where the afternoon grew thin.

Last table by the window,

Where the quiet settled in.

Outro

Two cups, one empty chair,

Your coat is no longer there.