I’ve Been Waiting

I've been waiting

The room is colder than it used to be Your shadow still hangs on every memory I know your name is burning on my tongue But pride keeps telling me to leave it undone

Another night pretending I don't care Another lie I whisper to the empty air I hear your voice inside my head again But neither of us knows how this should end

We're standing on opposite sides Watching the bridge go down in flames Both of us know who's holding the fire Neither of us willing to take the blame

I've been waiting For a sign, for a word, for a reason to stay

I've been waiting While our future slowly faded away

We both know what we're doing We both know what we'll lose But we're too proud to reach for each other Too broken to tell the truth

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

You hide your tears behind a frozen smile I hide mine and walk another mile We turn away before the cracks can show Afraid the first to break will lose control

The silence grows louder every day Like a wound that never fades away I hate myself for letting this survive Watching something beautiful slowly die

We're standing on opposite sides Watching the bridge go down in flames Both of us know who's holding the fire Neither of us willing to take the blame

I've been waiting For a sign, for a word, for a reason to stay

I've been waiting While our future slowly faded away

We both know what we're doing We both know what we'll lose But we're too proud to reach for each other Too broken to tell the truth

My finger stopped above your name I know yours did the same One touch could have changed our lives Instead we let our pride decide

Now silence knows us both by name And regret is all that stays

I've been waiting For the courage that never came

I've been waiting While we slowly erased our names

We both know what we're doing We both know what we'll lose Two hearts chained by their own reflection With nothing left to prove

I've been waiting You've been waiting

And tomorrow we'll become The ghosts we chose to be

I've been waiting But not forever.