Stay a Little Longer

Intro

mmm (hmm) soft like vinyl, mm-mm

light through the blinds, la-la, la

Verse

You fold the corner of that paper map

coffee cooling where our hands unclasp

there's a playlist on low, a slow familiar crack

your laugh fills the room and we drift back

old photographs on the windowsill, worn and small

letters in a shoebox, the good kind of recall

we trade tiny truths, the kind that settle slow

like afternoon sun on a windowsill, golden, low

Pre-chorus

And the clock forgets to hurry (don’t hurry)

and the street sounds melt like honey (mm)

I trace the shape of your name, just to keep it from the dark

hold it like a match, hold it by the spark

Chorus

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

stay a little longer, (stay) let the light get warmer, yeah

stay a little longer, stay a little longer, la-la

stay a little longer, (stay) let the afternoon remember

Verse

You hum a tune I loved when I was small

it sounds the same but softer, like a faded call

there’s a postcard on the table that reads, "wish you were near"

and I fold it up inside my pocket, keep you here

we speak in gentle phrases, accidental and small

about trains we never took and windows we recall

outside the skyline is a watercolor bruise

inside this café we find the time to choose

Pre-chorus

And the steam on the cup writes our initials (yuh)

and the radio plays an old not-quite-hit (mm-mm)

we move like slow motion through a photograph frame

no rush to erase what we barely named

Chorus

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

stay a little longer, (stay) let the light get warmer, yeah

stay a little longer, stay a little longer, la-la

stay a little longer, (stay) let the afternoon remember

Bridge

Say the small things — I’ll keep them like coins

clink them in my palm, soft and bright

we trade our scars for seeds, plant them in the noise

watch them in the hush before the night

mm-mm, breathe with me, breathe with me (breathe)

let the tape hum low, let the world recede

mm-mm, hold this quiet like a secret we both keep (shh)

let the sunlight lengthen, let the evening bleed

Chorus

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

stay a little longer, (stay) let the light get warmer, yeah

stay a little longer, stay a little longer, la-la

stay a little longer, (stay) let the afternoon remember

Chorus

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

stay a little longer, (stay) let the light get warmer, yeah

stay a little longer, stay a little longer, la-la

stay a little longer, (stay) let the afternoon remember