[Verse 1] Thought it had to look like fireworks Some perfect picture in my head Kept a checklist on my nightstand Every box still blank in red [Chorus] But happiness is already very close Right here Hiding in my clothes In the coffee on the stove In the way you say my name Half-awake Half-joke Happiness is already very close I can feel it in my throat Like a song I almost know On the tip of my tongue In the doorway glow [Verse 2] Youāre laughing at the way I worry At all the things that never come You steal my phone You steal my hurry You say āLook up The dayās not doneā [Chorus] āCause happiness is already very close In the dishes by the sink In your scribbles on my notes In the stories that you tell till I forget to think Happiness is already very close In the silence after rain In our jackets by the door In the almost-falling-apart of this ordinary day [Bridge] I was chasing some horizon Always just beyond my hands Didnāt see your head on my shoulder Didnāt see that this was the plan (oh) [Chorus] Happiness is already very close In the spaces in between All the things we think we need In the way you breathe and lean into my chest So slow Happiness is already very close I donāt have to beg or prove Every step I ever chose Led me here to this small room Where itās close enough to touch And itās brushing past us both
