Before We Touch

Verse 1
There’s a space in my bed where your shadow should be
A quiet kind of hunger that won’t let me sleep
I trace your name in places you’ve never been
Like my skin already knows you, like it’s remembering

We talk in the dark like we’re side by side
Every word like a spark I can’t hide
If this is just distance, then why does it feel
Like you’re the only thing that’s ever been real?

Pre-Chorus
No, I’ve never felt your hands
But I swear I understand

Chorus
We’re fire without the flame
Close without a name
Hearts learning the shape of forever
Through a screen, through the miles
Through the silence, through the wild
Somehow we still find each other

I don’t need your touch to know
I’d break, I’d bend, I’d go
Anywhere you are, I’m already there
We’re more than what we lack
More than what we haven’t had
I’ve loved you long before we touch

Verse 2
There’s a tension in time, like it’s testing me
How something so far feels so deep in me
I’ve never memorized a body like this
Without ever tasting a single kiss

But I know how your voice falls when you’re tired
Know the way your silence sounds when it’s wired
Know the rhythm of you like a favorite song
Like I’ve been where you are all along

Pre-Chorus
If this is just a dream
Why does it feel like destiny?

Chorus
We’re fire without the flame
Close without a name
Hearts learning the shape of forever
Through a screen, through the miles
Through the silence, through the wild
Somehow we still find each other

I don’t need your touch to know
I’d break, I’d bend, I’d go
Anywhere you are, I’m already there
We’re more than what we lack
More than what we haven’t had
I’ve loved you long before we touch

Bridge (long, emotional, rising)
What if the first time I feel your skin
Isn’t the beginning—but where we’ve always been?

What if every late night, every breath we stole
Was just two bodies catching up to soul?

I’ve imagined the weight of you next to me
But it’s nothing compared to what you are to me
You’re the pull in my chest, the calm in my war
The “I don’t have you”… but somehow I do more

And if distance is all that’s in our way
Then distance is nothing—it’s just delay

Final Chorus (bigger, raw)
We’re fire without the flame
Screaming out your name
Like forever’s already decided
Through the doubt, through the ache
Every second that it takes
Only proves there’s no way to deny it

I don’t need your touch to know
I’d choose you every road
In every life, in every prayer
We’re more than what we lack
More than what we haven’t had
You’re already everywhere

Outro (soft, intimate)
So when I finally feel your hands…
Don’t be surprised if I don’t shake

I’ve known you longer than that
I’ve loved you…
Before we touch

Alt-pop/soft rock ballad, slow build. Intimate, breathy female vocals, piano/guitar base, ambient layers. Long-distance love, deep soul connection, emotional rise, cinematic but restrained, soft end