I’ll Carry You Home

[Verse 1]
You left your denim jacket
On the back seat of my car
Coffee stain and fraying cuffs
Still know exactly who you are
All your half-made summer plans
Folded in my glovebox
Waiting
I keep driving down our road
Talk out loud like you’re still staying
[Chorus]
I’ll carry you home in the way that I’m living
Every laugh I give away
Every grace I’m given
When the weight of the world starts pulling me under
I look up and I swear I feel you closer than thunder
I’m not alone
‘Cause I’ll carry you home
[Verse 2]
I wear the bracelet that you made me
Thread’s worn thin from all these days
You’d roll your eyes
Say “that looks awful”
I’d keep it on anyway
Every time I want to quit
Hear your voice in my head say “fight”
So I stand back up again
Leave the bedside lamp on bright
[Chorus]
I’ll carry you home in the way that I’m living
Every laugh I give away
Every grace I’m given
When the weight of the world starts pulling me under
I look up and I swear I feel you closer than thunder
I’m not alone
‘Cause I’ll carry you home
[Bridge]
Maybe you’re in every sunset
Maybe you’re the quiet rain
Maybe you’re the sudden courage
When I’m shaking in my pain
If love outlasts the breathing
Then you’re in every breath I take
I’m the page that keeps on turning
So your story doesn’t fade
[Chorus]
I’ll carry you home in the way that I’m living
Every laugh I give away
Every grace I’m given
When the weight of the world starts pulling me under
I look up and I swear I feel you closer than thunder
You’re in my bones
I’ll carry you home
I’m not alone
I’ll carry you home

Warm indie-pop ballad with male vocals; gentle picked acoustic guitar and soft piano under the verses, subtle pads. Chorus blooms with roomy drums, bass swells, and stacked harmonies. Intimate, close-mic vocal that grows from cracked, quiet confessions to a soaring, hopeful hook. Bridge strips back to almost a whisper, then final chorus lifts with a bright, tearful resolve., world