Almost Spoken

When the words get caught in the dashboard light, all that remains is the question of what could have been.

A track for the ones who drive home in silence, replay moments, and wonder if it was electricity or just a pretence. Featuring a nostalgic saxophone solo and dreamy synth textures, 'The Usual Silence' is the perfect soundtrack for your late-night drive home.

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Lyrics:
[Intro]

[Verse 1]
The streetlights flicker overhead
We're sitting parked where the road goes dead
The engine ticking its temperature down
Just on the edge of the sleeping town
You turned your head like you wanted to say
Something to keep the dawn away
But the words got caught in the dashboard light
Dissolving back into the night

[Chorus]
Was it a ghost in the static noise?
Or the careful weight of a delicate choice?
I held my breath just to hear you breathe
Scared to stay and scared to leave
Was it electricity or just a pretence?
Lost again in the usual silence

[Verse 2]
You checked your phone but you didn't look
Reading the air like an open book
I almost spoke when the song changed track
Thinking there might be no turning back
Your hand was resting so close to mine
Blurring the edge of a jagged line
But the moment passed like a passing car
Leaving us exactly where we are

[Chorus]
Was it a ghost in the static noise?
Or the careful weight of a delicate choice?
I held my breath just to hear you breathe
Scared to stay and scared to leave
Was it electricity or just a pretence?
Lost again in the usual silence

[Bridge]
And if I had moved would the glass have shattered?
Or maybe none of it really mattered
Just two shadows in a mercury glow
A secret that neither of us will know

[Saxophone Solo]

[Chorus]
Was it a ghost in the static noise?
Or the careful weight of a delicate choice?
I held my breath just to hear you breathe
Scared to stay and scared to leave
Was it electricity or just a pretence?
Lost again in the usual silence

[Outro]
The usual silence
The usual silence

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