Lyrics
The salt shaker's got three little rust spots like a constellation.
You trace the pattern on the vinyl tablecloth, a quiet meditation.
He pushes peas around his plate, a slow and tired game.
And you're both staring at a silence with no name.
[Chorus]
Oh, you learn to read the static in the space between the words.
The quiet kind of leaving that no one's ever heard.
[Verse 2]
You asked "More iced tea?" just to hear a sound that wasn't glass.
The cicadas screamed outside for a storm that wouldn't pass.
He shook his head and for a second, you held your breath like thread.
And saw the whole damn quilt of it unravel in your head.
[Chorus]
Oh, you learn to hate the static when it's all you've ever heard.
The quiet kind of leaving that gets caught up in the words.
[Bridge]
Some fabrics, they just fray apart, you know.
No matter how damn careful you decide to sew.
[Chorus]
Oh, you learn to wear the static like a coat that's cut too long.
The quiet kind of leaving that was with you all along.
[Outro]
Yeah, the quiet kind of leaving.
And now the quiet's never gone.
About Loretta Hayes
Loretta Hayes was supposed to leave Paintsville, Kentucky, but had her son, Jesse, at eighteen instead. Now, at twenty-eight, she pays the bills by mending clothes for her neighbors, a skill she learned from her grandmother. The songs she writes on her granddaddy’s old Gibson aren’t about fame or fortune; they’re about the exhaustion of a double shift, the ghosts of old promises, and the fierce…
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