Lyric

You said maybe

Like it weighed nothing

Like it did not sit down

In the middle of my day

I kept my coat on

For hours after sunset

Because later

Still sounded like a place

You never cancelled

You only kept the door half-lit

Enough for me to stand there

With my hand around the hinge

I learned your language

By losing mine

Every soft refusal

Looked like borrowed time

Your Maybe Got Heavy

It pulled my week apart

Made a room inside my body

For a plan you would not start

You did not have to hold me

You only had to delay

And I became the girl

Who waited well enough to stay

You said later

With your phone face down

Like kindness could be proven

By not looking cruel

I changed my dinner

Moved my shower

Left my messages simple

So I would not sound full

You said I do not know

Like it made you honest

But uncertainty

Was always cleaner on your side

I was the one

Who had to carry

All the weight

Of what you would not decide

No promise broke

So nothing could bleed

That was the genius

Of keeping it incomplete

Your maybe learned my calendar

Your silence took my sleep

Every almost-answer

Made the floor move under me

You did not choose me clearly

You did not let me go

You kept my hope suspended

Where your hands would never show

I used to think control

Had to sound like anger

Had to slam a door

Had to leave a bruise

But yours came dressed

As being unsure

A gentle lack of clarity

I was trained to excuse

Now maybe sounds like metal

Dragging through the hall

Later means I shrink again

Before you speak at all

I am not waiting better

I am only fading slow

From all the little non-decisions

You made me call hope