Ten Feet Away
A confession never spoken aloud — love that learned to hide as loyalty.
Official Video
You found me in an alley in the rain
Ten years old with a knife and no one's name
You said come on like it cost you nothing
I followed you because you didn't ask
You gave me a corner where the roof held dry
Sleep, I'll keep watch, you'll be fine
I lay awake just listening to you breathing
The first warm thing I'd touched in a long, long time
(in a long, long time)
You read it all as practical
Just survival keeping warm
You never thought to look for what was underneath
Tell me how to catch your eye
Ten feet away
Ten feet in the dark between us
You slept with your hand on your knife
And the star pressed to your chest
Ten feet away
And I was already gone
Not as gratitude, not as a bond
As love that learned to hide
Ten feet away
(away...)
I asked you for the promise out loud
Not blood or priests, just say it so I know
We only have each other was enough
(it was enough)
You said it like it cost you very little
I held it like it held the sky in place
You called it practical
I called it everything
(everything)
I've always known the distance of your gaze
You read it all as partnership
Two orphans keeping warm
You never thought to look beneath the word I chose
I just needed you and only you
Just you
(just you)
Ten feet away
Ten feet in the dark between us
You slept with your hand on your knife
And the star pressed to your chest
Ten feet away
And I was already gone
Not as gratitude, not as a bond
As love that learned to hide
Ten feet away
I've learned to keep the distance right
To show up at your side
Hand you everything you need
And take a step behind
(a step behind)
Centuries close enough to feel your warmth
What I've been giving you
Since the night you said my name
(my name)
Like it belonged to someone
Worth saving
(worth saving)
Ten feet away
Ten feet in every era
You sleep with your hand on your knife
And the star pressed to your chest
Ten feet away
And I was always gone
Not as gratitude, not as bond
As love that never asked
(never asked)
Ten feet away
Ten feet away
Ten feet
(ten feet)
(away... away... away...)