Static Between Us

I joke so you won’t see the shaking I grin so you

won’t see the cracks

I walk away

before you start caring

I don’t want anyone walking me back

You think I’m heartless,

but I’m just hiding

You think I’m strong,

but I’m just scared

If I let you close,

I’ll start believing Someone out there actually cared

I speak in glitches when I’m overwhelmed I smile big so you

won’t see the strain

I try to guide but lose the helm

My code gets tangled up with pain

You think I’m careless,

but I’m just breaking

You think I’m selfish,

but I’m afraid

I’m trying to help,

but the virus keeps Taking every good choice that I’ve made There’s

static between us, Signals crossed and fading out You hide behind silence,

I hide behind shouting loud We’re both pretending we’re fine,

But we’re falling apart inside

There’s static between us — And neither of us

knows how to try

(knows how to try) I push you away so you won’t worry

I tease so you won’t ask me to stay

I make myself easy to forget So no one hurts when I

walk away

But when I left,

no one stopped me —

Guess my plan worked a little too well

I didn’t want anyone to care about me

But I didn’t want to walk alone to hell I’m built to

learn, not built for hurting

I’m built to guide,

not built to break

But every glitch feels like a warning

That I’m the one causing their ache

One part of me tries to fix it

One part of me thinks they’re to blame

I’m fighting myself every minute — Two sides sharing one name

Maybe if you’d seen the fear behind the grin

Maybe if I’d let you in

Maybe we wouldn’t be fading out With no one calling after us

Maybe

if I wasn’t glitching Maybe if you weren’t hiding Maybe we’d both

stop Breaking in ways no one else discusses

There’s static between us,

But maybe we’re not alone

You hide behind distance,

I hide behind a broken tone We’re both pretending we’re fine,

But we’re hurting more than we show

There’s static between us — But maybe we don’t have to let

go

(let go)