[Verse 1]
First date
You were late
Spilling curry on your shirt
Still you made my whole world wait
Second week
You met my friends
You washed the dishes in my sink
Like you'd been here ever since
[Pre-Chorus]
Step one
Let me learn your laugh
Your silence
Step two
Let me call your mother "Mom" in time
Step three
All the little boring days we balance
Are the bricks we lay
For this life of yours and mine
[Chorus]
This is my proposal
Page by page
We write it slow
Every morning coffee
Every ride back home
No sudden fireworks
Just a steady
Tender glow
This is my proposal
Walk with me and watch it grow
[Verse 2]
Month six
You keep a drawer
Tiny toothbrush
Faded tee
Like you've always had a door
Year one
We miss the bus
Laughing soaked under the rain
Sharing one umbrella's trust
[Pre-Chorus]
Step four
Let me budget dreams with your dreams
Step five
Hide a key inside your favorite book
Step six
Call you when the night feels heavy
Hear you sigh
Then smile
And soften at your voice
[Chorus]
This is my proposal
Page by page
We write it slow
Every Sunday dinner
Every inside joke
No sudden fireworks
Just a steady
Tender glow
This is my proposal
Walk with me and watch it grow
[Bridge]
Step seven
We talk about children
Where they'd sleep
What names they'd have
What kind of world we'd give them
Step eight
I meet you at the altar in my mind
Long before the flowers
Before we sign the line
Step nine
On a Tuesday
In the kitchen light
I ask you when you're barefoot
"Stay with me for life?" (for life)
[Chorus]
This is my proposal
Page by page
We write it slow
Every broken kettle
Every mended hope
No sudden fireworks
Just a steady
Tender glow
This is my proposal
Say you will and let it grow
[Outro]
Step ten
Wake up wrinkled
Still your man
Same old hands
Same golden band
This is my proposal
From right here
To all we planned