The Quiet After

The morning light on an unmade bed

A universe of things that went unsaid

The ghost of a laugh in an empty room

A single petal from a faded bloom

It's a fragile line we learn to walk

Between the future and the silent talk

And the world keeps spinning on

A foolish, fragile, fragile dawn

After the love is gone

And it's not the storm that breaks you in the end

It's the quiet after, my forgotten friend

It's the gentle peace we couldn't make

For a single, tired, tired heart's sake

No, it's not the storm

No, it's not the storm at all

We built a castle on a shifting tide

With so much feeling we had left to hide

We drew our borders, we drew our blame

And whispered excuses in the rain

Now the echoes have all faded out

Leaving only silence and a lingering doubt

And the world, it doesn't care

It's a heavy, weightless, weightless air

Now that you're not there

And it's not the storm that breaks you in the end

It's the quiet after, my forgotten friend

It's the gentle peace we couldn't make

For a single, tired, tired heart's sake

No, it's not the storm

No, it's not the storm at all

Did we ever really try?

Or just let the feeling die

With a whisper, not a cry?

Was it just... sacrifice?

And it's not the storm that breaks you in the end

It's the quiet after, my forgotten friend

It's the gentle peace we couldn't make

For a single, tired, tired heart's sake

No, it's not the storm

No, it's not the storm

It's the quiet after all

No, it's not the storm

The quiet after