[Verse 1] There’s a crack in the wall been there for three years Neither of us put it there I think it happened in the winter we went quiet The house just kept the score There are words we’ve learned to leave in separate corners Spaces we’ve agreed to keep But we know the fault lines like we know our breathing We’ve just learned to live between
[Pre-Chorus] I used to think the cracks meant something breaking Now I think they’re just the map of where we’ve been Every fault line is a record of the moving That bent and held That shifted and stayed whole
[Chorus] Fault lines don’t always mean the ground will give Sometimes they’re the proof that something chose to live We’ve moved, we’ve shifted, settled somewhere new But every fault line on this ground Is where I stayed and chose you
[Verse 2] There are conversations we rehearse and then abandon Half-truths we hold at arm’s length, close enough to feel I know the weight of your particular quiet I know which smiles are real But I’ve also learned the kind that don’t need filling The silences that don’t need anything at all When you know someone well enough to break them And you love the fault lines at their core
[Pre-Chorus] I used to think the silence meant we’re fading Now I hear it say we’re still here Every space we leave is just a breathing Of something steady Of something real
[Chorus] Fault lines don’t always mean the ground will give Sometimes they’re the proof that something chose to live We’ve moved, we’ve shifted, settled somewhere new But every fault line on this ground Is where I stayed and chose you
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[Bridge] I don’t want the kind of love that never cracks That kind has never held a single thing worth keeping Give me the kind that shows its age That knows how much we’ve bent And builds again on shifting ground
[Final Chorus] Cracks don’t always mean we’re breaking down Sometimes they’re the proof we figured out We’ve moved, we’ve bent, we’ve changed our view But every line in this ground Is where I stayed and chose you
[Outro] The cracks are where it’s real The fault lines are the map Every place we moved, every place we held That’s not damage That’s us