(Inhale)

See, the world makes a lot of noise.

It’s always screaming something at you.

Buy this, be that... hurry up, you’re late.

But right here? In this room?

It’s quiet.

I watched the dust dancing in the light coming through the blinds

Tracing patterns on the ceiling... trying to read the signs

You were breathing heavy, wrapped up in the duvet cover

I’m terrified of silence, but I love it with a lover

(Yeah)

I used to think that love was fireworks and violin bows

Now I know it's coffee stains and stealing all my comfy clothes

It’s knowing that I’m broken, but I’m functioning enough

To recognize a diamond when it’s sitting in the rough.

I had a nightmare that the ground was giving way...

Woke up to your hand upon my chest, and it’s okay.

It’s okay.

You keep the earth from spinning

When I’m losing, you’re the winning

I don’t need the accolades, the lights, or the applause

I just need the morning light, the silence, and the pause

Yeah, you’re the pause

Before the noise starts again.

Look, I ain’t a saint, my halo’s rusted in the shed

I got a million distinct voices screaming in my head

They tell me I should worry, that the sky is falling down

That I should build a fortress just to keep me safe and sound

But I look at you... brushing tangles from your hair

And realize the fortress is just sitting in that chair

It’s funny how the scary things just kinda disappear

When you look me in the eye and tell me everything is clear

We ain’t gotta be perfect, we just gotta be here.

Right here.

Let the phone ring off the hook!

Let the pages fall out of the book!

I don’t care what chapter that they’re on

I’ll stay right here until the dawn is gone

Until the dawn is gone...

Yeah.

Just like that.

Don’t move.

(Soft laughter)

Yeah.