Mmm… mhm…
Fluorescent humming on a basement ceiling
Cable like a vine across the floor
Setlist faded from a hundred evenings
Same beat-up guitar I carry through the door
Group chat's quiet since the middle of September
One moved to Brooklyn, one's been working, one don't text no more
I keep strumming — I ain't waiting on an answer
Just waiting on a chord I never played before
Then I hear your sneakers on the stairway
Golden in the doorway you push aside
Jacket on like you got somewhere to be, babe
But you stop and you lean there, and I lose track of time
You stand there smiling like the warmth never went
City through the window pouring gold across your neck
Everybody's running after something they can't catch
We got time, we got nothing, and we ain't done yet
So stay on — let the whole world wait
Guitar still ringing in the air we make
Quiet as a secret, warm as a breath
You smile like the warmth never went
Van is packed and parked out on the corner
Folded map to some town I barely know
I said I'd call you when the nights got longer
Loudest part of touring is the quiet after every show
You say"go on, the whole wide world is waiting"
I say"maybe, but it don't compare to this"
Two guitars, a heater barely humming
And your laugh before I even finish with the bit
I hear your sneakers on the stairway
Golden in the mess you walk right through
You say"play the one you were playing, baby"
So I play it slow and save the last chord for you
You stand there smiling like the warmth never went
City through the window pouring gold across your neck
Everybody's running after something they can't catch
We got time, we got nothing, and we ain't done yet
So stay on — let the whole world wait
Guitar still ringing in the air we make
Quiet as a secret, warm as a breath
You smile like the warmth never went
Maybe everything gets smaller as it goes
Chats go quiet, people fold into their roads
I don't mind the quiet, don't you fight the drift
Some things don't need loudness to exist
When the lights come up and the tour is through
I'll come right back to the room I'm standing in with you
The chord I was chasing every mile along
Was here all along
You stand there smiling like the warmth never went
City through the window pouring gold across your neck
Everybody's running after something they can't catch
We got time, we got nothing, and we ain't done yet
So stay on — let the whole world wait
Guitar still ringing in the air we make
Quiet as a secret, warm as a breath
You smile like the warmth never went
never went… warmth never went… stay on…
Mmm… never went
One more chord, and then
We'll go when the room goes quiet
