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[Verse 1]
From the first week, disbelief
That someone like you wanted me
You were more than any future
I had ever dared to see

I told you I was damaged
Like a fact already known
But I'd only named the fracture
Not how deep it reached the bone

[Pre-Chorus]
I thought time had made me safer
I thought love had closed the wound
I never knew the thing I buried
Would one day fill every room

[Chorus]
You've been the best thing in my life
Before the rings, before the vows
Every ordinary morning
Built the home I still miss now

Then guilt became the pressure
And control was all I knew
I thought hiding was the right thing
It was the worst thing I could do

[Verse 2]
The first thing that you felt was distance
In the way I left your side
Touch became a kind of mirror
I could no longer look inside

Every fear became a system
Every doubt became a rule
I kept tightening my grip
Till control was all I knew

[Pre-Chorus]
I thought if I could hold one thing
While everything came loose
I'd save the life I couldn't lose
But I was losing you

[Chorus]
You've been the best thing in my life
Before the rings, before the vows
Every ordinary morning
Built the home I still miss now

Then guilt became the pressure
And control was all I knew
I thought hiding was the right thing
It was the worst thing I could do

[Bridge]
We chose titanium for our rings
Lighter, stronger than gold
I wish I'd learned what that should mean:
Strength is not how hard you hold

We still wear them, thin and quiet
Though our home has changed its shape
Something strong can still be broken
Something true can fail to stay

[Final Chorus]
You've been the best thing in my life
Before the rings, before the vows
I knew it in that first week
And I know it even now

I told you I was damaged
But neither of us knew
How deep the fracture travelled
Or what the shame would do

I can't ask to have us back
Or promise what comes after us
I can only face the truth now

And hope we never lose touch

[Verse]
We were running through the noise for years  
Trying hard just to keep us here  
Every day was a weight to hold  
Never young, always feeling old  

We were bending in the wind and rain  
Holding on through the silent pain  
Side by side but we lost our way  
In the storm we couldn’t escape  

[Pre-Chorus]
And I see it now,
more than before  
We were fighting waves,
not each other at the core

[Chorus]
I just want the quiet back  
The little things we had  
Sitting close, no need to speak  
Just your hand in reach  

I miss the air we used to breathe  
When life was slow and we were free  
And all I know through everything  
Is I still believe  

There’s a way back home  

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[Verse]
We were branches in a growing fight  
Scraping hard in the storm each night  
Every scar in the bark we wear  
Came from trying to still be there  

And the wind never let us rest  
Pulled the worst from our very best  
But the roots are deeper than we know  
Even when we let it go  

[Pre-Chorus]
Now I know that time is what we need  
For the wounds to close, for the bark to heal and breathe

[Chorus]
I just want the quiet back  
The little things we had  
Morning light and tired smiles  
Staying for a while  

I miss the life we couldn’t hold  
The warmth we lost inside the cold  
But somewhere deep it’s still alive  
It didn’t die  

It’s just waiting slow  

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[Bridge]
No more storms, no need to run  
No more proving anything to anyone  
Just a place where we can land  
Where love is soft and time can stand  

With the kids around, and nothing loud  
Just the small things that make us proud  
Learning how to breathe again  
Not as we were, but better than

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[Final Chorus]
I still want the quiet back  
The little things we had  
Not the rush, not who we were  
But something safe and sure  

And if it takes the time it takes  
For every piece of us to wake  
I’ll be here, I won’t pretend  
This is the end

There’s a way back home

[Intro]

I know the sound
I know the room
I know the silence
Before you move

[Verse 1]

You keep the good days in your pocket
Like proof the bad ones don't exist
You say they're tired, say they don't mean it
Then learn to live around the risk

You read their face before the weather
You change your words before they land
You call it patience, call it loving
While letting go of who you am

[Pre-Chorus]

How long can you bend
Before you disappear?
How quiet do you get
Just to keep somebody near?

[Chorus]

You already know the way out
You just haven't walked it yet
You already feel the door there
Like a thought you can't forget

You don't have to wait for fire
You don't have to lose what's left
You already know the way out
You just haven't walked it yet

[Drop]

Way out
Way out
Walked it yet
Walked it yet

[Verse 2]

You think of mornings on your own now
And every empty chair feels cold
You wonder if you're giving up too early
On something you once swore to hold

So one more talk becomes another
One more promise, one more night
You keep waiting for a reason
Big enough to make it right

[Pre-Chorus]

But how much more
Do you need to understand?
You don't need everything to break
Before you let go of their hand

[Chorus]

You already know the way out
You just haven't walked it yet
You already feel the door there
Like a thought you can't forget

You don't have to wait for fire
You don't have to lose what's left
You already know the way out
You just haven't walked it yet

[Build]

Go before you disappear
Go before you disappear
Before you disappear

[Drop]

Way out
Way out
Walk it
Walk it

Go before you disappear
Before you disappear

[Bridge]

Maybe love was never lying
Maybe every word was true
Maybe loving someone deeply
Still can't make them right for you

Leaving doesn't kill the meaning
Of the years you gave away
Some things can be real and broken
At the same time, anyway

[Final Chorus]

I already know the way out
I just haven't walked it yet
I can feel the door beside me
And the air beyond the step

I don't have to wait for fire
I don't have to lose what's left
I already know the way out
I just haven't walked it yet

I know the way out
I can feel it now
I know the way out
I'm walking it now

[Outro]

Walking it now
Walking it now

Way out
Way out