Lyric

You saw the plate untouched

I saw you look away

I said I ate before

You let the answer stay

You kept your questions clean

I kept my breathing small

We both knew where it hurt

And walked around it all

No one had to lie

No one had to prove

We made a quiet pact

And called it getting through

You did not ask

I did not tell

We kept the room

Working too well

Nothing was named

Nothing was done

Two careful people

Hurting no one

I folded up the towel

You cleared a little space

I gave the useful version

You gave the useful face

The water kept on running

The evening kept its shape

You touched my shoulder once

Then let your hand escape

No villain in the doorway

No cruelty in view

Just what I hid from you

And what you chose not to do

You did not ask

I did not tell

We kept the room

Working too well

Nothing was named

Nothing was done

Two careful people

Hurting no one

Maybe you were tired

Maybe I was trained

Maybe naming one thing

Would have changed the blame

So we stayed gentle

So we stayed fair

And left the real sentence

Hanging in the air

You did not ask

I did not tell

We kept the room

Working too well

Nothing was named

Nothing was done

Two careful people

Losing someone