Too Tired To Pretend

Lyrics :

You came in tired
I was already there
No speech ready
Just the look that says yeah

We are not young movie chaos
No slammed doors, no grand applause
Just two coats holding kitchen chairs
And both of us too done for dares

You kicked your shoes but missed the mat
Left them crooked, laughed at that
I said nothing, moved them twice
That is our form of being nice

You rub your eyes, I clear the sink
We do not turn each thought to ink
No polished lines, no clever pose
Just tired truth in wrinkled clothes

You ask if I ate
I ask if you slept
That is about as deep as it gets
And somehow deeper than the rest

Too tired to pretend tonight
Too tired to make it shine
You lean on the counter, I pass you a glass
That is romance in our design

Too tired to perform it right
Too tired to dress it up
No sparkler language, no perfect scene
Just staying when the day was rough

I know the sound your silence makes
Right before your shoulder breaks
Not from drama, not from fear
Just one more week stacked weird on weird

You know my voice when it goes flat
When work took all the color back
You toss one joke across the room
It lands soft, gives the dark some room

The lamp is bad, the floorboard talks
We move around in half-cut thoughts
You heat leftovers, I kill the light
We look almost fine in this kind of night

No big promise, no giant plan
No masterpiece of woman and man
Just you saying move, I need that drawer
Me saying stay a little more

No music
Just breath

Too tired to pretend tonight
Too tired to make it shine
You lean on the counter, I pass you a glass
That is romance in our design

Too tired to perform it right
Too tired to dress it up
No sparkler language, no perfect scene
Just staying when the day was rough

Maybe that is why it works so clean
No myth, no mask, no polished dream
Just low batteries, borrowed time

And your worn-out calm next to mine