Lamplight on My Page

Intro

mm-mm, tape hum under the lamp (huh)

mm-mm, slow breath, slow hands

Verse

Pencil tip tracing tomorrow on a margin map

Cold mug, warm thumb, the clock keeps folding time

Rain writes small staccato on the window glass

I count the commas, the quiet between lines

Names and numbers slide like breath across the page

Soft low bass, it moves like a secret (mm)

I fold the night around a single sentence

Play it back, play it back, keep it on repeat (yeah)

Pre-chorus

I learn the rhythm of the room, the hush, the tilt

Paper, light, a steady lamp—I'm steady, I'm still (uh)

Chorus

Lamplight on my page, lamplight on my page (mm)

Lamplight keeps me close, keeps me close (keeps me)

Lamplight on my page, lamplight on my page (mm)

Lamplight keeps me close, keeps me close

Verse

A margin full of questions, a margin full of notes

I play them soft, so soft, like I'm afraid to wake the air

When the needle skips on a careless memory

I breathe and line it up until it feels repaired (yeah)

The city sleeps but my desk stays honest

A thin thread of melody tying one thought to the next

I hum the words that never make it to the page

Hmmm, hmmm, keep it low, keep it true (mm)

Chorus

Lamplight on my page, lamplight on my page (mm)

Lamplight keeps me close, keeps me close (keeps me)

Lamplight on my page, lamplight on my page (mm)

Lamplight keeps me close, keeps me close

Chorus

Lamplight on my page, lamplight on my page (mm)

Lamplight keeps me close, keeps me close (keeps me)

Lamplight on my page, lamplight on my page (mm)

Lamplight keeps me close, keeps me close

Outro

mm-mm, fade with the keys, fade with the keys (huh)