[Verse 1]
You said
“We’ll burn out slow”
We didn’t
We hit like metal into stone
Left a crater where we’d been

Now I’m counting breaths in miles
Not in minutes
You’re a silent little star
Shrinking in my rearview vision

[Chorus]
I’m at aphelion
Farthest I can get from us
Out here the air is thin
But it’s clean
And it’s enough
Fingers go numb
Heart goes quiet in my chest
Distance is the only heat I trust
Cold is where it finally makes sense

[Verse 2]
I replay the glass and dust
In slow motion
Every word a tiny shard
Orbiting what we broke open

You keep calling it a loss
I call it shelter
I can’t live that close to you
And pretend the fire doesn’t hurt

[Chorus]
I’m at aphelion
Farthest I can get from us
Out here the air is thin
But it’s clean
And it’s enough
Fingers go numb
Heart goes quiet in my chest
Distance is the only heat I trust
Cold is where it finally makes sense

[Bridge]
Out here I can see the line
Where your shadow stops
Name the pattern
Name the lie
Trace the exit wound

It’s not hate
It’s not regret
It’s precision
You were chaos in my chest
Now you’re a distant echoed signal

[Chorus]
I’m at aphelion
Farthest I can get from us
Out here the air is thin
But it’s clean
And it’s enough
Fingers go numb
Heart goes quiet in my chest
Distance is the only heat I trust
Cold is where I finally exist