Lyrics

I don’t miss you like a memory
I miss you like a wound that breathes
You’re not gone, you’re just not here
And that’s the kind of silence I still hear

You’re the hum behind my every thought
The name my bones forgot they fought

I’m not breaking down, I’m burning slow
I’m steady hands with nowhere to go
Your promise pulls like gravity
But leaves no weight inside of me

I ache—
Not for love, but for touch
Not for words, but for too much
You’re in my breath, you’re in my blood
And I ache
Because you’re almost mine
But not enough to cross the line
You say you will, and still I wait
And ache
And ache
And ache

I’m not lonely—I’m possessed
By everything we haven’t done yet
I don’t dream—I just rehearse
The moment that you lift the curse

I build a future in my hands
Then lose it in the shifting sand

I don’t need a reason why
I just need to hear you try
Say it once and set me free
Let your silence answer me

I ache—
Not for love, but for touch
Not for words, but for too much
You’re in my breath, you’re in my blood
And I ache
Because you’re almost mine
But not enough to cross the line
You say you will, and still I wait
And ache
And ache
And ache

I ache—
Not to ask, but to receive
Not to beg, but to believe
That when you come, it won’t be late
And this ache
Will consecrate

I ache—
Not because I’ve come undone
But because you’re still the only one
I carry you in every breath I take
And ache
And ache
And ache