[Verse 1] I used to rush the ending Skip ahead to see if everything was fine I couldn’t sit inside the question I needed the resolution every time But somewhere in the waiting I stopped dreading what I didn’t know And started noticing the things that only live In the space before the answer comes
[Pre-Chorus] The in-between is breathing It’s the pause before the yes or no There’s a kind of life that only grows In the not-yet
[Chorus] Before the answer there’s a window Where everything is still possible Before the answer, nothing’s broken yet Nothing’s lost, nothing’s settled, nothing’s set I used to live beyond the question Now I want to stay a little longer here Right before the answer changes everything Right here
[Verse 2] There’s a moment before the phone rings back When the hope you’re holding hasn’t heard the news There’s a second just before a door swings open That belongs to every version you could choose I’ve learned to love the threshold The held breath before the world decides Because every answered question closes something That the question kept alive
[Pre-Chorus] The in-between is breathing It’s the pause before the yes or no There’s a kind of life we don’t get anywhere else But in the not-yet
[Chorus] Before the answer there’s a window Where everything is still possible Before the answer, nothing’s broken yet Nothing’s lost, nothing’s settled, nothing’s set I used to live beyond the question Now I want to stay a little longer here Right before the answer changes everything Right here
[Bridge] Not all questions want an answer Some of them just want a witness Someone to sit and say I know you don’t know yet And that’s okay That’s actually okay
[Final Chorus] Before the answer, there’s a window Where everything is still possible Before the answer, nothing’s broken yet Nothing’s lost, nothing settled, nothing set I used to live beyond the question Now I want to stay a little longer here Right before the answer changes everything Right here
[Outro - quiet, wondering] Before the answer Before the answer Some of the best things I ever felt Were right here Before the answer