[intro: lone fingerpicked guitar, soft room tone, almost whispered] Verse 1 [close vocal, Isakov-quiet] The fire leans in like it learned my name Snow on the pane and the hour the same Wool on my shoulders, a cup in my hands The dark can keep all its faraway lands Pre-chorus [harmony begins under the last line] There’s a pull I can feel but I don’t have to chase It lives in the hush of this ordinary place Chorus [Paper Kites glow + light Fleet-Foxes-style stack] Soul family home in the heart Not a lock and a key, not a name on a chart Where the quiet feels warm and the distance falls through I was already held before I knew Come closer, stay longer, let the evening do its part Soul family, mys, home in the heart Verse 2 [Iron & Wine hush, guitar a little fuller] We don’t need a speech for the room to be full A look and a blanket, the night turning wool Candles keep time with the beat in my chest The ones I belong to were never just guests Pre-chorus Some nights the miles are only a thought Then the thread finds the hand that was never forgot Chorus Soul family home in the heart Not a map and a pin, not a start and a start Where the quiet feels warm and the worry grows small The inner hearth burning through winter and all Come closer, stay longer, this is where we start Soul family, mys, home in the heart Bridge [strip back to guitar and voice, then cello enters] Leave the shoes at the door Leave the hurry outside The home that can hold us Was never a ride It waits in the chest Like a fire that stayed Soul family glowing No weather can fade Final chorus [full warm stack, still soft, no big belting] Soul family home in the heart Not a house on a hill, not a finish or start Where the quiet feels warm and the belonging is true I come home to the hearth that was always in you Come closer, stay longer—we were never apart Soul family, mys, home in the heart [outro: guitar + faint harmony hum, fade like embers]
