Distant Love

[Verse 1] I learned your walk Every crack in your smile On the back row bleachers From a different aisle Ten frozen birthdays Candles I never lit I kept my shadow Where your sunlight hit [Verse 2] Saw you fall hard On a Tuesday night Hands on the table Knuckles turned white You laughed through the shivers You shook through the fun I held my breath Like I was the faint, fake sun [Chorus] I’m your unknown lover Watching from the dark side of the sky Ten long years of silence And the world keeps asking what’s my why Is it fear, is it fate, is it faith I can’t deny? I only know I stay I stay, I stay But I never show you why [Verse 3] You kissed wrong people Just to feel less alone I memorized each heartbreak Like a sacred poem I cheered your small wins From the cheap-seat air You looked past my window Never knew I was there [Chorus] I’m your unknown lover Watching from the dark side of the sky Ten long years of silence And the world keeps asking what’s my why Is it cruel, is it kind, is it hope I can’t untie? I only know I stay I stay, I stay But I never show you why [Bridge] What if I stepped out? Would you hate this face? Would it break the spell If I left my place? I hold this distance Like a thin glass line If I cross it once Do I lose our life of silent time? (oh) [Chorus] I’m your unknown lover Watching from the dark side of the sky Ten long years of silence And the world keeps asking what’s my why Is it love, is it lost, is it just a slow goodbye? I only know I stay I stay, I stay And you never learn my why [Outro] Ten years, ten storms And I never say hello You chase your tomorrows I guard your yesterdays in the glow Maybe that’s my reason To love you from this quiet high To be your unknown lover And carry my unspoken why