# FAULT LINE

### Verse 1

You were standing right beside me,
but I barely knew you then.
Same eyes, same voice,
but I didn't know which one I'd get.

One minute you were with me,
next you turned the whole room cold.
I started watching every word
before I let it leave my throat.

You made a weapon out of silence,
made me question what was real.
I kept calling it a bad night
when it was something I could feel.

I didn't know what changed in you.
I only knew it changed us.

### Pre-Chorus

There was pressure underneath us,
and it wouldn't let me breathe.

We were smiling on the surface
while the ground was moving underneath.

### Chorus

WE WERE STANDING ON A FAULT LINE—

AND YOU COULD FEEL IT TOO.

Every little crack got louder,
every warning led to you.

We were one step from the breaking,
but we kept pretending we were fine.

You don't need an earthquake
to know you're standing on a fault line.

FAULT LINE.

FAULT LINE.

Something's gonna give tonight.

### Verse 2

You could turn a quiet moment
into something I had to defend.
Make me feel like I was crazy
for reacting to the things you said.

Then you'd pull me back beside you,
and we'd laugh like nothing changed.
I kept choosing the good parts
while the bad ones learned my name.

I got good at reading faces,
good at knowing when to leave.
Good at swallowing the words
that were screaming underneath.

And every time I drew a boundary,
you'd make me feel the weight.

So I moved it back a little,
then a little more each day.

### Pre-Chorus 2

There was pressure underneath us,
building every time we stayed.

We kept calling it a rough patch
while the ground was giving way.

### Chorus

WE WERE STANDING ON A FAULT LINE—

AND YOU COULD FEEL IT TOO.

Every little crack got louder,
every warning led to you.

We were one step from the breaking,
but we kept pretending we were fine.

You don't need an earthquake
to know you're standing on a fault line.

FAULT LINE.

FAULT LINE.

Something's gonna give tonight.

### Post-Chorus

Something moved.

Something changed.

Something underneath us
would never be the same.

Something moved.

Something changed.

And we kept dancing
on the fault line anyway.

### Verse 3

I remember all the little things
I used to let go by.

The way you could make me feel
like I was always asking why.

The conversations going nowhere,
the apologies that never came.

The way I learned to disappear
without ever leaving the room.

And I hated that I noticed.
I hated that I knew.

Because once you see the pattern,
you can't pretend you don't.

Still, I wasn't ready to lose you.
Not then.

Not like this.

So I held onto the version
of us that hadn't broken yet.

### Pre-Chorus 3

There was pressure underneath us,
and I finally understood—

you can love somebody deeply
and still know something's wrong.

### Chorus

WE WERE STANDING ON A FAULT LINE—

AND YOU COULD FEEL IT TOO.

Every little crack got louder,
every warning led to you.

We were one step from the breaking,
but we kept pretending we were fine.

You don't need an earthquake
to know you're standing on a fault line.

FAULT LINE.

FAULT LINE.

Something's gonna give tonight.

### Bridge

Maybe I should've left
the first time I felt afraid.

Maybe I should've listened
when my own voice said,

"This isn't how it's supposed to feel."

But we had too much history
to throw away in one night.

So I stayed.

And stayed.

And stayed.

Until staying
started costing more than leaving.

### Breakdown

Don't call it nothing.

Don't call it a phase.

Don't tell me
I imagined the earthquake
because the walls are still standing.

I felt it.

You felt it.

We both knew.

### Final Chorus

WE WERE STANDING ON A FAULT LINE—

AND YOU COULD FEEL IT TOO.

Every little crack got louder,
every warning led to you.

We were one step from the breaking,
and I finally stopped pretending
I was fine.

You don't need an earthquake
to know you're standing on a fault line.

FAULT LINE.

FAULT LINE.

And this time—

I moved.

### Outro

No explosion.

No goodbye.

Just the ground
I stopped trusting.

Just the distance
starting underneath us.

One little crack.

Then another.

Then another.

And we never heard
the ground break—

because it was already
breaking underneath us.