Ten Paces

She goes to bed early and he goes to bed late

And it's been that way for weeks now

But she ain't tired and he's a dead weight

The room's cold as he stares the screen down

The bed's warm so she kicks her feet out

Through the wall she can hear the ads break

She's half awake and he's half asleep

And she floats through the depth of his headspace

And the bed frame sings out, as he lays she pretends she's asleep

He pretends he believes her

He can tell by the way that she breathes that she isn't

So they lie in the darkness

Sad thoughts fill the air like birthday balloons

As they run away to separate dreams now

Back to back, ten paces at noon

[Hook]

And she don't know that he knows it's over, over

And he don't know that she knows it's over, over

They don't fight much tongue full of bite marks

Eyes full of tired, the smiles that they stay drawn on

Forlorn figures pass in the hallway

With no words exchanged and no foreplay

No further games it has all changed

And the floor stays made out of egg shells

Every question's a riddle

Once they had met in the middle

Make camp on the edge now

There's a river in between them

And it's picking up speed as it deepens

They don't know where it will sweep them

Afraid to know and they don't wanna get their feet wet

So they keep the same secret

But they don't know the other has the same one too

Only free when they're dreaming

Back to back ten paces at noon

Draw your line in the sand

There's no right side to stand

Tell your lies, hide your plans

There's no right side to stand

And she don't know that he knows it's over, over

And he don't know that she knows it's over, over

And now that space in between seems so far, so far

One little word it could bring them closure