COUNTRY. Song: I Try to Be Closer to You.

I can feel the distance growing
Between what we used to be
Remember when we'd sit for hours
Talk about the way things were
Now I'm reaching through the silence
Hoping you can hear my words

Stay closer, don't let go
Stay closer, I need to know
You're still there behind those walls you've built so high
I watch you from across the kitchen table
See you staring at your coffee cup
There's a thousand miles between us
Even though we're sitting close enough
To reach across and touch your hand
But something tells me that you'd pull away
Like you've been doing every single day

You used to tell me all your troubles
Now you keep them locked inside
I'm standing right here beside you
But you're learning how to hide
From everything we used to share
The laughter and the tears we'd cry

I remember Sunday mornings
When we'd lie in bed and talk
About our plans and all our worries
Now we barely even walk
Together through the house we built
With dreams that felt so sure and strong
Tell me where did we go wrong

Stay closer, don't drift away
Stay closer, I need you to stay
Right here where my heart can find its way
Back to yours like it used to do
Stay closer, I'm begging you

I see you getting ready
For another day apart
Loading up your truck with distance
And I'm left here with my heart
Breaking just a little more
Each time you walk out that door
Without looking back at me

The silence in this house is louder
Than any fight we've ever had
I'd rather hear you yell and holler
Than this quiet kind of sad
That settles in between us
Like dust on picture frames
Of who we used to be

So I'm asking while I still can
Before you disappear
Please stay closer than you have been
Let me make this crystal clear
I'd rather fight to find us
Than let you fade away
Without a word to say

Stay closer, don't let go
Stay closer, I need to know
You're still there behind those walls you've built so high
Stay closer, don't drift away
Stay closer, I need you to stay
Right here where love can find a way

I'll be waiting by this window
Till you find your way back home
To the place where we belong
Together, not alone
Stay closer
Just stay closer