[PIANO - sparse, slow, intimate, room tone, no percussion]
The room was always dim and glowing
From a world I couldn’t touch
You were already in the center
Like it didn’t ask too much
The screen would hold you like a doorway
To somewhere I couldn’t go
And I just stayed there in the quiet
Where you didn’t even know
I didn’t know what it was then
But I knew I stayed
Like something in the air around you
That I never could escape
I don’t think I called it anything
I just stayed around
Like your world was pulling softly
And I followed without sound
You never turned to find me there
And I never moved away
I just learned the shape of distance
And the way it stays
Sometimes I think you never noticed
Not even for a second glance
And I was just another shadow
Inside a moment passing past
But I stayed like it meant something
Even if it didn’t show
Like being near was all I needed
Even if I didn’t know
And I don’t think I called it anything
I just stayed around
Like your world was pulling softly
And I followed without sound
You moved like you already had it
Like everything was yours
And I learned to take up less space
Behind invisible doors
I didn’t need to be important
I just needed to be near
Like standing in your gravity
Could make me disappear
And I don’t think I called it anything
But I still stayed around
Like your world was pulling softly
And I followed without sound
Did you ever feel the difference
When I wasn’t in the room
Or was I just another silence
That always followed you
I think I learned you like a language
I never learned to speak
And I kept it in my silence
So it wouldn’t feel too deep
And I don’t think I called it anything
But I still stay around
Like your world is pulling softly
And I follow without sound
I never moved to find another
I just stayed where you were
Sometimes I still remember it
Like it never really left
The way I learned to stay invisible
And call it something close to rest
And I don’t think I called it anything
But I still stay around
Like your world is pulling softly
And I follow without sound
I never moved to find another
I just stayed where you were
[OUTRO - extended piano fade, long silence gaps, room tone only]
I stayed where you were
I stayed where you were
I stayed where you were