Lyric

Nothing broke between us

No glass across the floor

No suitcase in the hallway

No hand against the door

Only my breath got shorter

Only the room felt thin

Only the words I swallowed

Started pressing from within

It was not wrong

It was not right

It was only

A little too tight

You still knew how I take my coffee

I still knew when to smile

We still looked good in pictures

For another little while

But I kept reaching for the window

When nobody was there

I kept loosening the evening

Like it had too little air

Maybe love can keep its shape

After comfort leaves the room

Maybe something can be gentle

And still not leave space for you

It was a little too tight

Around the life I tried to keep

A little too quiet

For the part of me that speaks

Nothing had to fall apart

Nothing had to turn unkind

But I could feel myself disappearing

One careful inch at a time

I used to call it patience

I used to call it peace

I used to call it growing up

To need a little less of me

Now I know the difference

Between shelter and a seam

One can hold you through the weather

One can cut into your breathing

I do not want a louder ending

I do not need a final fight

I only need to tell the truth

Without making you the night

There is kindness in the leaving

There is mercy in the sign

Some things do not have to break

To stop being mine

It was a little too tight

Around the life I tried to keep

A little too quiet

For the part of me that speaks

Nothing had to fall apart

Nothing had to turn unkind

But I could feel myself returning

One careful inch at a time

It was not wrong

It was not right

It was only

A little too tight

I can loosen it tonight

Just enough to breathe this time