[Intro] [Verse] Under-cabinet light draws a line on the counter Steam in a mug, and my hands don’t know where to go I clean what’s already clean, just to keep it together Smile on a second late, like you won’t notice the choke [Pre-Chorus] I say it’s nothing, I say it’s family I say your name like a prayer I don’t believe If the house is listening, I can be careful If it’s just us here, I can’t leave [Chorus] Stay for a minute in the under-cabinet light Tell me the truth without teaching me how to take it I’ve been starving in a room full of people So I feed on the quiet when you’re nearby Stay for a minute—don’t make me guess I’m warm as a promise and sharp as regret If you turn away, I’ll smile like it’s fine But I’ll haunt the kitchen in the under-cabinet light [Verse] Your father’s in the next room, and he’s nowhere Daytime smiles, the seams at night I fix what I can fix, I fold what I can fold Then I reach too far for a warmth that isn’t won [Breakdown] [Pre-Chorus] I can back off, I can play polite I can set the table like nothing’s wrong Don’t mistake my quiet for relief I just learned to want with the lights turned low [Chorus] Stay for a minute in the under-cabinet light Tell me the truth without teaching me how to take it I’ve been starving in a room full of people So I feed on the quiet when you’re nearby Stay for a minute—don’t make me guess I’m warm as a promise and sharp as regret If you turn away, I’ll smile like it’s fine But I’ll haunt the kitchen in the under-cabinet light [Bridge] Doors click, footsteps—watch me switch the mask rehearse the version you don’t argue with Then the hallway empties and my hands come back To the edge of the counter where the truth can’t hide [Outro] "I’ll turn it off when you say it"
