[Verse 1]
You left your coat beside the kitchen chair
Rain in the sleeves, your perfume in the air
I held the silence where your answer should be
Counting the floorboards, trying not to breathe
[Pre-Chorus]
If I say your name, the room leans in
If I close my eyes, I lose again
[Chorus]
Come back slowly, don't turn on the light
Let me borrow one more hour of your night
I was careless with the hands that held me still
Now the empty bed is louder than it will
[Verse 2]
Your blue cup waits beside the window pane
A little ring of tea has dried like paint
I tell myself that leaving was your cure
Then touch the door and hope it's still yours
[Breakdown]
Stay
Stay
Don't make me learn the shape of gone
Stay
Stay
I built my whole voice around your bond
[Chorus]
Come back slowly, don't turn on the light
Let me borrow one more hour of your night
I was careless with the hands that held me still
Now the empty bed is louder than it will
[Bridge]
I can be gentle
I can be small
I can stop keeping score
I can give you all
But if the morning takes you
Before I find the words
I'll leave the window open
For the sound of your return
[Breakdown]
No more promises
No more pretending
Put your hands on the wound
Feel the whole thing ending
[Final Chorus]
Come back slowly, I have nothing to hide
Take the worst of me and leave the rest outside
If forgiveness has a door, I'll wait beside the sill
With the blue cup, the old coat, and a heart that won't be still
[Outro]
Stay
Until the room remembers us
Stay
Until the quiet turns to dust