[Intro – low menacing bass groove, heartbeat kick, sparse guitar shimmer, breath] soft now... soft now... hold the thread don't let go [Verse 1 – hushed, close, sparse reverbed guitar] You are not a fire I fell into — you're a small flame I keep, I tend, I choose morning after morning I learn your name again the work is in the staying, love... not where we begin [Pre-chorus – tension creeping, guitar warming] And the easy part was falling anyone can fall the brave part is the standing when the wonder's worn down small [Chorus 1 – first lift, still restrained, holding back] So I'll water what is quiet I'll forgive what I forget I will choose you in the ordinary light and choose you... and choose you yet this is love — the gentle labor the hands that won't let go [Verse 2 – back to hushed, second guitar layer creeping in underneath] You leave your edges out for me to find and I leave mine... and we are kind, we're kind not the storm they wrote the love songs for just two who keep on opening the door [Pre-chorus – more urgent, guitars thickening] And the easy part was falling the falling was the spark the brave part is the building of a fire in the dark [Chorus 2 – bigger, distorted guitar layers building, strings swell] So I'll water what is quiet I'll forgive what I forget I will choose you in the ordinary light and choose you... and choose you yet this is love — the gentle labor the hands that won't let go [Bridge – the held breath, drop to near silence, single notes, calm before the wall] not a feeling — a returning not a flood — a steady stream every day I find you newer than the last time that I dreamed (quiet... the air goes still...) [Final chorus – THE WALL, fierce distorted guitar erupts, vocals pushed and soaring over the storm] SO I'LL WATER WHAT IS QUIET I'll forgive — I'll forget — I WILL LOVE YOU in the ordinary light and love you — and LOVE you yet THIS IS LOVE — the gentle labor the hands — THE HANDS — that won't — LET GO [Outro – the wall collapses, comedown, heartbeat slows, single guitar note ringing out, breath] soft now... soft now... still here... (breathe) still here
