A Pause Between Us

[Verse 1]
Your hand still on the table
Mine just out of reach again
Coffee gone colder
Words stuck in my teeth

You stare at the window
I stare at your face
Both of us speaking
But never enough...
(But never enough)

[Chorus]
There’s a pause between us
Hanging in the air we breathe
Like a door half open
Like a page we never read
If I lean a little closer
Will the silence turn to trust?
Or will I lose you
In the pause between us...

[Verse 2]
We talk about weather
And what’s on TV
Skipping the questions
That scare you and me

Your laugh fills the kitchen
Then falls to the silence
I almost say “I need you”
My courage stops in your eyes...

[Chorus]
There’s a pause between us
Hanging in the air we breathe
Like a door half open
Like a page we never read
If I lean a little closer
Will the silence turn to trust?
Or will I lose you
In the pause between us

[Bridge]
Maybe this silence
Is begging for some words
Maybe this distance
Is the shape of our love...

If I break the moment
Will you break my fall?
If I say “I love you”
Will you say nothing at all?

[Chorus]
There’s a pause between us
Hanging in the air we breathe
Like a door half open
Like a page we never read
So I lean a little closer
Let my heart say what it must
“I don’t want to lose you”
And you fill the pause with “us”