[Verse 1] You ask me that question In the parking lot glow Half-finished coffee Nowhere else to go Your jacket on my shoulders Your hair in your face Silence getting louder In this empty place
[Chorus] Why does the wind blow when we’re alone? Like it’s trying to answer what we don’t Tugging at the words we never say Pushing us closer Then away Why does the wind blow when we’re alone?
[Verse 2] Stop sign keeps shaking But the street is clear Leaves spin in circles Like they’re stuck right here You laugh just to break it That tight little knot Your fingers find my fingers Like they almost forgot
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[Bridge] Maybe it’s the weather Maybe it’s our ghosts All the almost-forevers We wanted the most [whispered vocals] Every hidden feeling It carries through the cold [out loud] Every secret we’re stealing Gets pulled from our hold
[Verse 1] Kitchen light half on Coffee gone cold between our hands You ask me what I’m thinking I say “I don’t know if I can”
The clock clicks like a secret Curtains breathe in and out slow The air shifts Your eyes lift Like you’re waiting for something to show
[Chorus] That’s why the wind blows when we are alone It knows every word we’re scared to say It sneaks through the cracks of this little home And carries our courage halfway Yeah That’s why the wind blows when we are alone Trying to push our hearts all the way
[Verse 2] Your sweater sleeve My shoulder Silence sitting heavy on the floor You laugh just to break it But your laugh doesn’t reach like before
Then outside Trees start swaying A loose gate taps out its code The whole world leans in closer Like it’s tired of watching us fold
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[Bridge] Maybe it’s not weather Maybe it’s our breathing getting loud All our almost-answers Rising up Trying to get out
So when the walls start rattling And the branches scratch the stone I hear something asking softly “Will you stay Or go?” [low vocal register]