Four Days In Silence

Verse 1

An hour on the highway, heading north.

Spring bloomed and faded, back and forth.

You’d make a joke that I was just a guest,

Saying “How cute you think you’ve passed the test.”

I’d laugh and say it didn’t matter then.

I let you pull away and pull me in.

That birthday party came around in June,

You walked right up and changed the tune.

Chorus

And oh, you didn't lose me 'cause I didn't want you.

You lost me 'cause you couldn't wait.

You heard the clock tick, saw the turning page,

And built yourself a comfortable cage.

Four days in silence was too long to take,

You wrote the ending out for my own sake,

And sent it through a screen of glass and light,

Another lonely, ordinary night.

Verse 2

I think about your birthday, what I’d planned.

A quiet spa day, something close at hand.

I hid the little gifts around your place,

Just to see the wonder on your face.

You found them one by one behind the chair,

And whispered, “I don’t think I deserve this care.”

I told you, “Oh, but you do, yes you do.”

The one whole day I finally got to you.

Chorus

And oh, you didn't lose me 'cause I didn't want you.

You lost me 'cause you couldn't wait.

You heard the clock tick, saw the turning page,

And built yourself a comfortable cage.

Four days in silence was too long to take,

You wrote the ending out for my own sake,

And sent it through a screen of glass and light,

Another lonely, ordinary night.

Bridge

You asked me if I wanted something true.

I just needed a minute to believe you.

After months of you telling me to leave,

What was I supposed to just suddenly believe?

My brain was catching up, my heart was there.

I was working out the details, I swear.

I had a weekend booked up by the coast,

For the one person I wanted the most.

I found a track where you could drive a race car,

'Cause you said you dreamed of going that fast and far.

Final Chorus

But oh, you didn't lose me 'cause I didn't want you.

You lost me 'cause you wouldn't wait.

You heard the clock tick, but you read it wrong,

And decided you were waiting for too long.

Four days in silence was the call you made,

On a future that you were too afraid

To let me build for us, or even try.

The answer was yes, but I can't reply.

The answer was yes, a quiet sound

On a stretch of road we'll never drive around.