Lyric

You asked what I meant by that

I had the usual line prepared

Something light enough to end it

Like I never really cared

Waited for myself to use it

Before the silence got too long

But the words I always hid behind

Never showed up on my tongue

Nothing in the room had changed

You were looking just the same

But the part of me that always left

Never came

I could’ve made it nothing

Could’ve laughed it off

But the old line didn’t come

Like it always does

Nothing happened all at once

Still, something happened

You were standing where you were

I was not where I was

Usually I read your face

Then cut the answer down to size

Give you half of what I’m thinking

Keep the rest behind my eyes

Turn a pause into a warning

Turn the warning into proof

Leave before the middle gets here

Then swear I always knew

But you took longer than expected

And I let the silence run

Had the cleanest way to ruin it

And watched it go unused

Nothing in the room had moved

You were still right where you’d been

But the part of me that closed it first

Didn’t step in

I could’ve made it nothing

Could’ve laughed it off

But the old line didn’t come

Like it always does

Nothing happened all at once

Still, something happened

You were standing where you were

I was not where I was

The ending showed up right on time

In words I knew by heart

I held them there behind my teeth

And let the moment pass

Nothing happened all at once

Still, something happened

I could’ve made it nothing

Could’ve laughed it off

But the old line didn’t come

And I didn’t call it back

Nothing happened all at once

Still, something happened

You were standing where you were

I was not where I was

Nothing was decided

I was not where I was