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[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

[Chorus]

[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

[Chorus]

[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]

[Chorus]