Stay a Little Longer

Intro

Late porch light, kettle on the stove

La-la, la-la-la

Verse

You left your coat on the stair, sleeves full of winter salt

Built a little map with a pencil and a fault

The radio's hummed to a song we used to know

You hum it in the kitchen, I hum it soft and low

Pre-chorus

There are small things that keep me awake (keep me, keep me)

A chipped cup, a crooked frame, the way your laugh would break

Chorus

Stay a little longer, stay a little longer, oh-oh (stay, stay)

Lay your map beside mine, fold the corners where we belong

Stay a little longer, stay a little longer, ah-ah

Hold the room like a hand, hold the light until the dawn

Verse

You planted seeds in the garden, then you learned to count the rain

Every summer's recipe, the salt, the sugar, and the pain

I keep that old hammer in the drawer where the blueprints lie

I read the margins of your letters, where you said you would try

Pre-chorus

I trace the raw edges of us with trembling fingertips (tremble, tremble)

The coffee cools beside me and the day begins to slip

Chorus

Stay a little longer, stay a little longer, oh-oh (stay, stay)

Lay your map beside mine, fold the corners where we belong

Stay a little longer, stay a little longer, ah-ah

Hold the room like a hand, hold the light until the dawn

Bridge

If the road grows thin and uncertain, if the nights tighten their hold

I'll trade you my stubborn sunrise for the stories you never told

We can mend the torn places, stitch the margins with our names

Say the word and I'll carry you through the small and the strange

(la-la, la-la-la) (oh)

Chorus

Stay a little longer, stay a little longer, oh-oh (stay, stay)

Lay your map beside mine, fold the corners where we belong

Stay a little longer, stay a little longer, ah-ah

Hold the room like a hand, hold the light until the dawn