Verse 1
There's a hush inside the drumline of my chest,
a single breath the body never names,
the clock forgets to tick, the room forgets to rest,
and nothing, for a moment, stays the same.
Chorus
In the quiet between heartbeats
I can hear the whole world wait,
every ending, every greeting,
balanced on a silent weight.
If I'm only ever passing,
let me pass with open eyes,
in the quiet between heartbeats
where the living learn to fly.
Verse 2
They told me time is something you can spend,
as if the hours wore a price upon their skin,
but every coin I counted in the end
was just a door I never wandered in.
Bridge
Hold still,
hold still,
the dark is only distance,
and distance is a kind of will.
Outro
In the quiet between heartbeats,
I am still.