Lyric

After the quiet

I still hear your name

The room never changed when you closed the door

The light on the wall stayed the same as before

A glass by the window, a coat on the chair

Small things keep breathing like you’re almost there

I told myself time would know what to do

That mornings would come and carry me through

But every new day has a shadow behind

A place where your voice still answers mine

We did not break like thunder

We faded out of view

And silence was the only thing

That told me we were through

After the quiet, after the rain

After the last train left with your name

I kept a light on, not knowing why

Maybe some part of me still said goodbye

After the quiet, under the sky

I learned how slowly a heart can survive

Nothing was louder than losing you

After the quiet came the truth

I walk past the corner we used to know

The city moves fast, but I still move slow

The songs in the taxis, the signs turning blue

Everything finds its way back to you

I don’t call it love when I speak of the past

Some beautiful things were not meant to last

But if they are gone, why do they remain

Like lights in the distance after the rain?

We did not fall like fire

We drifted out of sight

And I was still pretending

We were only lost in night

After the quiet, after the rain

After the last train left with your name

I kept a light on, not knowing why

Maybe some part of me still said goodbye

After the quiet, under the sky

I learned how slowly a heart can survive

Nothing was louder than losing you

After the quiet came the truth

If I could meet you in another life

I would not ask you to stay

I’d only stand there beside you

And let the evening fade

Some words arrive too late to change

The ending we went through

But I still keep a little light

For who I was with you

After the quiet, after the rain

After the last train left with your name

I kept a light on, not knowing why

Maybe some part of me still said goodbye

After the quiet, under the sky

I learned how gently a heart can survive

Nothing was louder than losing you

After the quiet came the truth

After the quiet

I still hear your name