It
started with the little things I didn't think twice about
You stopped reaching for my hand when we walked through town
Your laugh got quieter when I told the same old jokes
You looked away when I said,
I love you like the words wore out
I was busy with the days,
chasing tomorrow's light
Thought we were just tired,
thought we'd make it through the night
You kissed me goodnight softer,
stayed on your side of the bed
I told myself it's nothing,
just a phase inside your head
But love was slipping through the cracks
while I was looking straight ahead
You were falling out slowly,
and I was too blind to catch it yet
You faded before I saw it coming,
colors draining from your eyes
By the time I woke up to the silence,
you'd already said goodbye
We had a fight when it was over,
reached for a heart that wasn't mine
You fell out of love in slow motion,
and I noticed too late to rewind
Found your note on the kitchen counter one
gray afternoon I've been trying to tell you,
but you never heard the truth
The apartment still smelled like your perfume in every room,
every room But you were already packing memories I thought we used
I called you up begging,
let's talk,
let's fix this tonight You said there's nothing left to break,
I just don't feel it anymore
Your voice was kind but distant like you'd already taken
flight And I was standing in the ashes of the us we had before
I saw the signs in the rearview,
too clear when it's too late
You carried the weight alone while I thought love could wait
You faded before I saw it coming,
colors draining from your eyes
By the time I woke up to the silence,
you'd already said goodbye
I tried to fight when it was over,
reached for a heart that wasn't mine
You fell out of love in slow motion, and I
noticed too late to rewind
I keep replaying every moment,
searching for the turn
Where I could've held you closer,
where I could've learned
That love doesn't always leave with thunder in a slam
Sometimes it just dims the light and quietly walks away from who I am
You faded before I saw it coming,
and I was too busy to find
Now I'm talking to an empty shadow in the middle of the night
I finally see how much I loved you,
clearer than ever before
But you fell out of love so gently
that I didn't feel you close the door
It would've gone long before you left me
I just noticed too late,
love faded in slow motion,
and I'm still trying to catch its fate