Waiting for the Knock

I know the sound of your footsteps on the stairs

I know the way you run your fingers through your hair

When you're frustrated or just tired of the noise

I'm the quiet in the corner the one with no choice

But to watch you chase the shadows on the wall

While I'm right here waiting to catch you if you fall

We laugh about the future like it's just a game

But every time you say her name it's not the same

I draw a line in the sand that I promised not to cross

Counting every victory ignoring all the cost

It's funny how the closest hearts can feel so far apart

Living in the echo of a beat from a different heart

You look at me but do you really see

The person standing where I'm supposed to be

Or am I just the background to your main event

A letter written sealed but never sent

These paper thin walls between your soul and mine

I can hear you breathing I can trace the design

Of a love that's right there just out of my reach

A lesson that the heartache is trying to teach

I'm standing in the doorway neither in nor out

Whispering the secrets I can never shout

So close I could touch you so far I could break

How much of this silence can one person take

Coffee cups and messy notes scattered on the floor

I wonder if you'll ever realize there is more

Than just a friendly hand to hold when skies are gray

I'm fighting off the urge to ask you just to stay

But I play the role I read the script I smile on cue

Because losing everything is better than losing you

Maybe in another life the timing would be right

Maybe in another world I'm the one you hold at night

But the script is written and the stage is set

And I'm the memory you haven't made yet

These paper thin walls between your soul and mine

I can hear you breathing I can trace the design

Of a love that's right there just out of my reach

A lesson that the heartache is trying to teach

I'm standing in the doorway neither in nor out

Whispering the secrets I can never shout

So close I could touch you so far I could break

How much of this silence can one person take

Paper thin walls

I'm still right here

Just on the other side

Waiting for the knock that never comes