The Silence After

The lights are on
But nobody's home

We move around
Like we're trying not to wake the truth
Your hand finds mine
Out of habit now
A conversation
Neither of us starts

We know the ending
We know the line
But neither one of us
Can say goodbye

Maybe it's not you
Maybe it's the fall
Maybe it's the silence
Waiting past these walls
Maybe we're just holding
What already left
Keeping something breathing
Scared to watch it rest

Your side of the bed
Still warm to the touch
But colder than ever
A thousand little distances
We never named
The photographs
Still look alive
More than the people
Standing inside

If I let go
Who will I be?
If you walk out
What happens to me?

Maybe it was over
Long before tonight
Maybe we've been dancing
With the ghost of what we were
Maybe every promise
Was a way to buy more time
Maybe I stayed
Because leaving hurt worse

Maybe it's not you
Maybe it's the ache
Maybe it's the shadow
Of the shape we made
Maybe we're just guarding
The ruins that we built
Calling it forever
Because we're afraid of what's left

Maybe it's not you
Maybe it's the pain
Maybe that's the reason
Nothing ever changed
Maybe we're still reaching
For somebody who has gone
Holding on together
Long after the love is gone

The hardest part
Was never losing you
The hardest part
Was knowing that I already had