[Singer-Songwriter Moody Folk Sparse · Intimate · Late Night Complicated Relationship A Minor · 70 BPM Storytelling Voice] [A minor · 70 BPM · Sparse guitar, cello, silence[ [Verse 1] It's been a year since that October Since I stood on that chair and changed the bulb We've been through winter and all its silences And every version of ourselves we've tried to love [Pre-Chorus] And I won't say we got it right But I'll say we got it real We learned the shape of what we are And chose it That's the deal [Chorus] We keep the light on now Not because the dark is done Not because we've figured out What we've been running from We keep the light on for the hard nights And the mornings after those We keep the light on Because that's what staying means I guess that's how this goes [Verse 2] She still goes quiet in November I still count the good days like they'll run out But I make the coffee — both cups, always And she always comes back And that's what love is about [Pre-Chorus] Not the grand thing Not the clean thing Just the everyday decision To pick the same person In the same ordinary light [Bridge] There's a version of this story where we didn't make it Where one of us one night just couldn't find the door But that's not the story that we're standing in right now That story was the one we had before We chose the long way round And the long way round chose us back You don't get the porch without October You don't get the light without the dark [Final Chorus — A minor resolves fully to A major · strings enter] We keep the light on now We earned the right to try To sit out on this porch And not explain the why We keep the light on for each other For the long way round we took We keep the light on And we're here And that's the whole of it [Outro — two voices together, full harmony, first time in the series] The porch light's been on for a year now We finally changed the bulb And we're still here We're still here
