Hold This Quiet

Intro

shh... mm-mm, oh

hush the room, keep it low (shh, shh)

Verse

lamp on the table, paper and pen

coffee gone colder since the page began

your name in the margin like a quiet chord

I trace it slow, like I'm learning the word

tape hum under my breath, soft and thin

Rhodes in the background fold me in

the clock moves soft, like a slow, kind hand

I'm awake with the night, trying to understand

Pre-chorus

lean in close, don't say too much (don't say)

let the silence teach us, let the silence touch

breath by breath, the room becomes a room for two

even if the quiet only holds a trace of you

Chorus

stay with me, stay with me (stay)

stay with me, stay with me (stay)

hold this quiet in your hands, oh-oh

hold this quiet in your hands

mm-mm, mm-mm

Verse

ink dries like a small apology on the page

I count the syllables of a simpler age

your laugh lives in the corners of a song I play

soft and steady, keeps me from slipping away

the window keeps the cold but not the ache

I fold the hours like paper cranes for safe-keeping

and if the night gets lonely, I won't complain

I'll write your name again, I'll write your name again

Pre-chorus

lean in close, don't say too much (don't say)

let the silence teach us, let the silence touch

breath by breath, the room becomes a room for two

even if the quiet only holds a trace of you

Chorus

stay with me, stay with me (stay)

stay with me, stay with me (stay)

hold this quiet in your hands, oh-oh

hold this quiet in your hands

mm-mm, mm-mm

Bridge

soft as tape and warmer than the dark

I hum the melody that pulled you to my heart

small confessions under this lamplight glow

keep them close, keep them low (keep them low)

Chorus

stay with me, stay with me (stay)

stay with me, stay with me (stay)

hold this quiet in your hands, oh-oh

hold this quiet in your hands

mm-mm, mm-mm