Quiet Nights I Fear Most

[Verse 1]
Toy car on the hallway stair
Little shoes by the bedroom door
You’re asking me about forever
I’m staring at the ceiling floor
You fall asleep on my tired chest
Cartoons still humming low
I’m laughing
But under my breath
I’m scared of letting go
[Chorus]
Quiet nights I fear most
When your tears fall
I’m a ghost
If you call my name and I can’t stay
Can’t reach through the dark to wipe them away
Quiet nights
They pull me apart
I keep praying you won’t need my heart
The day I’m gone and too far to say
It’s okay
It’s okay
[Verse 2]
Calendar on the fridge door
Circles ‘round your birthday cake
I’m counting all the things I’ll miss
Every breath
Every mistake
Will you still hear my bad jokes
In the clatter of your busy day?
Will you hate me for the silence
Or forgive me anyway?
[Chorus]
Quiet nights I fear most
When your tears fall
I’m a ghost
If you call my name and I can’t stay
Can’t reach through the dark to wipe them away
Quiet nights
They pull me apart
I keep praying you won’t need my heart
The day I’m gone and too far to say
It’s okay
It’s okay
[Bridge]
So I leave my words in the margins
Little notes in your favorite books
Every hug a hidden message
Every tired smile
Another look (hey)
If the day comes I can’t hold you
Look up
Not down at the ground
Every star is just a window
I’m right there in the quiet sound
[Chorus]
Quiet nights I fear most
When your tears fall
I’m a ghost
If you call my name and I can’t stay
I’ll be in your hands
In the things I’ve prayed
Quiet nights
They pull me apart
But I’m stitching you into my heart
So when I’m gone and too far to say
You’ll know
It’s okay
It’s okay

rock, Indie/alt rock with male vocals; reverb-soaked guitars in open tunings, soft tom groove and airy bass. Verses stay hushed and intimate; chorus swells with stacked harmonies and overdriven guitars that bloom then recede. Subtle ambient pads widen the stereo field, bridge pulls back to near-whisper before a final, cathartic chorus hits and slowly dissolves in delay., ambient, indie rock, alternative rock