Arms Length

[Verse 1] You’re lying on my shoulder But your eyes are miles away You nod like you’re still listening While your heart slips out the frame We’re breathing the same silence Watching shadows on the wall I can feel your body warming mine But I don’t feel you at all [Pre-Chorus] How did we get this far apart In the middle of our bed? I’m tracing every yesterday But I can’t find where it went [Chorus] I’m right here You’re right there We’re touching but we’re strangers in the same air Say my name But it falls flat Echoes in the space between your heart and where I’m at If love is in the room Why do I feel so alone? So alone with you [Verse 2] You ask me how I’m doing I say “Fine ” and look away We talk around the weather ‘Cause the storm’s in what we’re afraid to say Your phone lights up the darkness You pretend you didn’t see Funny how the little glowing screen Feels closer than me [Pre-Chorus] You’re humming some old memory That doesn’t have my face I’m reaching out in real time You’re lost in another place [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] If I scream in this quiet Would you finally turn your head? Or would my words just drift above you Like the ceiling over our bed? [crescendo] I miss the way you used to lean in Before every kiss felt rehearsed Now your heartbeat’s like a language I can’t learn I can’t reverse [Chorus]