The Quite Kind

### Verse 1
Midnight watching the clock turn slowly
Shadows dancing alone on the wall
Got a feeling that I can’t explain completely
Like I’m standing right on the edge of the fall
I have been trying to map out the distance
Between where I am and where you are tonight
But every road that I build in my mind, yeah
Just fades away before the morning light

### Pre-Chorus
And I can’t keep pretending I’m fine with the space
When every single thought just leads back to your face
No, I don't need a sign written up in the sky
I just need the truth when I look in your eyes...

### Chorus
So say it in words, don’t make me guess
Let the silence break, clear out the mess
If it’s love, let it breathe, let it fall from your lips
'Cause my heart can't survive on these text-message hints
Speak to my soul, make it heavy and deep
Give me a promise that I’m allowed to keep
Don't paint me a picture, don't leave it unheard
If you love me tonight...
Baby, make it in words.

### Verse 2
We spend hours just reading the lines in between
Searching for secrets on a glowing screen
But a digital heart doesn't beat quite the same
As the sound of your voice when you whisper my name
Yeah, the world is too loud and the static is real
And it's drowning out everything I want to feel

### Pre-Chorus
And I can’t keep pretending I’m fine with the space
When every single thought just leads back to your face
No, I don't need a sign written up in the sky
I just need the truth when I look in your eyes...

### Chorus
So say it in words, don’t make me guess
Let the silence break, clear out the mess
If it’s love, let it breathe, let it fall from your lips
'Cause my heart can't survive on these text-message hints
Speak to my soul, make it heavy and deep
Give me a promise that I’m allowed to keep
Don't paint me a picture, don't leave it unheard
If you love me tonight...
Baby, make it in words.
### Bridge

(Music strips back to just a solo piano and raw vocals)
No more codes for the heart to translate
No more sitting around in the hallway of fate
Just pour it all out, let the syllables bleed
'Cause a beautiful truth is the only thing I need...
Oh, the only thing I need...

### Chorus
So say it in words, don’t make me guess
Let the silence break, clear out the mess
If it’s love, let it breathe, let it fall from your lips
'Cause my heart can't survive on these text-message hints
Speak to my soul, make it heavy and deep
Give me a promise that I’m allowed to keep
Don't paint me a picture, don't leave it unheard
If you love me tonight...
Baby, make it in words.

### Outro
(Bassline slowly fades, rhodes piano chords ring out)
Yeah, make it in words...
No more silence.
No more guessing games.
Just speak it to me, baby...
Make it in words.
(Fade out on a single, warm piano chord)

(Tempo: Slow, 68 BPM) (Style: Smooth R&B / Neo-Soul) (Instrumentation: A soft, rhodes piano chord progression, a late-night ambient synth pad, and a subtle, heartbeat-like bassline)