In The Middle Of The Noise
Jean-Paul VERNERET
17/06/26

Verse 1
We met too late for easy promises to keep,
Too soon to turn away from what our hearts could see.
With all our scars and all the fragile grace we keep,
We learned to shape the time that still belonged to you and me.
You never sold me paper heavens in the sky,
Nor painted love as some unbreakable disguise.
You spoke of doubt without pretending or a lie,
And wrapped our naked fears in quiet, tender lines.

Bridge
But you arrived with no heroic grand design,
No need to mend what time had already made.
Like music drifting softly through the space between two silences,
A fragile thing no words could ever truly say.

Chorus
I've seen the night come down on crowds of strangers passing by,
Seen faces fade away the way the seasons do.
I've learned to smile at fleeting joys that never stay for long,
And sometimes play the part of knowing what is true.
Yet when you smile in the middle of the noise,
Something inside me finally lets go.
As though every road, despite its false alarms and restless signs,
Had crossed your path so we could learn to grow.

Verse 2
It's knowing that tomorrow may prove us wrong somehow,
That roads can disappear beneath a veil of gray.
And choosing all the same to stay and build from what we have,
A quiet light that chance cannot take away.

Bridge
But you arrived with no heroic grand design,
No need to mend what time had already made.
Like music drifting softly through the space between two silences,
A fragile thing no words could ever truly say.

Chorus
I've seen the night come down on crowds of strangers passing by,
Seen faces fade away the way the seasons do.
I've learned to smile at fleeting joys that never stay for long,
And sometimes play the part of knowing what is true.
Yet when you smile in the middle of the noise,
Something inside me finally lets go.
As though every road, despite its false alarms and restless signs,
Had crossed your path so we could learn to grow.

Outro
In the middle of the noise,
A quiet light still shows.
In the middle of the noise,
You're the place my heart goes.