I Love the Way You Stay

Intro

Mmm, oh-oh, yeah

Soft hum of the street, your head on my chest

Verse

You pour the light like sugar in the morning

A crooked smile, your coffee's gone cold

You trace the rim with a thumb that's learning

All the lines I keep but never told

You laugh like an answer to a question

Only I know how to ask

You steal the blankets, claim the pillows

I don't mind, I never ask for more than that

Pre-chorus

When the world gets loud and the day gets long

You fold me back with a small, slow song (slow, slow)

Your fingers say the things my words can't find

You turn the map of me into a home

Chorus

I love the way you stay, stay, stay (stay, stay)

Like sunrise that won't slip away

I love the way you say my name (yeah)

Soft and steady, like rain on the pane

I love the way your hand fits mine, fits mine

Tells me everything will be alright, alright

Oh-oh, I love you, I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you, I love you

Verse

There’s coffee rings on the paperback you’re reading

And a melody stuck in your hair

You hum the chorus of some old daydreaming

And the room bends to that crooked prayer

You leave your jacket on the stairwell

I come back just to find the scent

That tucks me in at midnight like a secret

That says I’m loved without a word spent

Pre-chorus

When the night goes quiet and the telephone dies (uh-huh)

Your silhouette is a lighthouse with no lies (no lies)

You draw a map with a thumb on my skin

Leading me out of the dark again

Chorus

I love the way you stay, stay, stay (stay, stay)

Like sunrise that won't slip away

I love the way you say my name (yeah)

Soft and steady, like rain on the pane

I love the way your hand fits mine, fits mine

Tells me everything will be alright, alright

Oh-oh, I love you, I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you, I love you

Bridge

Ki-ki-kiss me in the doorway, slow and sure (slow and sure)

Say the little words that make me feel certain

Uh-huh, hum my name into the kitchen tiles (oh)

Make a little mess, stay for a little while

(Stay, stay) Hold my breath, hold my laugh, hold my bad days

(Yeah) Hold my stories, hold my mornings, hold my ways

Chorus

I love the way you stay, stay, stay (stay, stay)

Like sunrise that won't slip away

I love the way you say my name (yeah)

Soft and steady, like rain on the pane

I love the way your hand fits mine, fits mine

Tells me everything will be alright, alright

Oh-oh, I love you, I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you, I love you

Outro

Mmm, oh-oh, yeah

Your hand in mine, your laugh in the kitchen

I love you, I love you, I love you