On the Hardwood Floor

Low lights melt on the hardwood floor

Ice in a glass keeps time once more

Your name rolls slow in the back of my throat

Heavy like velvet on a winter coat

Close, let the room go quiet

Hold, till the heart beats riot

Say it soft, let the consonants fade

Keep the vowels where the promises stay

Ooh, I carry you like a midnight tone

Deep in my chest, down to the bone

Say my name low, let it resonate

Love in a lower key, velvet weight

Ooh, I carry you where the echoes start

Warm on the tongue, slow on the heart

Sing it in smoke, let the corners drape

Love in a lower key, velvet weight

Bare wires hum by the window frame

Streetlight gold writes your quiet name

Your breath on my neck, a minor refrain

Falling like thunder without the rain

Close, let the silence lead us

Hold, till the shadows free us

Stay on the note where the night is warm

Color the dark with a darker form

Ooh, I carry you like a midnight tone

Deep in my chest, down to the bone

Say my name low, let it resonate

Love in a lower key, velvet weight

Ooh, I carry you where the echoes start

Warm on the tongue, slow on the heart

Sing it in smoke, let the corners drape

Love in a lower key, velvet weight

Mmm, oo-oo, hold it, don't rush the line

Mmm, ah-ah, tremble and then align

If the morning comes too bright

We'll shade it down to the right size of light

Let the bass say what words can't do

I'll stay on the note that belongs to you

Ooh, I carry you like a midnight tone

Deep in my chest, down to the bone

Say my name low, let it resonate

Love in a lower key, velvet weight

Ooh, I carry you till the meters fade

Slow-burning glow that the night has made

Sing it in smoke, let the corners drape

Love in a lower key, velvet weight

Hold the last word on your tongue

Let it ring, let it hang, till the night is done