[HOUSE GROOVE INTRO — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY, WARM PIANO CHORDS, DEEP MELODIC BASS, SILKY SYNTHS, REFINED ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION, NO LEAD VOCALS] --- [VERSE 1 — WARM MID-LOW CHEST VOICE, RELAXED INTIMATE PHRASING] I used to measure mornings by the miles And keep tomorrow waiting in the wings A list of little victories to collect As if they could explain what living means Now the coffee cools beside my hand And I don't need to rush before it does --- [PRE-CHORUS — SOULFUL LIFT, CONTROLLED CHEST VOICE, SUBTLE VOCAL RUNS] There's a window open to the evening And nothing asking me to leave For once, I'm not reaching past this moment I'm letting it arrive in me --- [CHORUS — SMOOTH SOULFUL MELODY, FULLER HARMONY STACKS] Maybe I was never late Maybe this was always enough The room, the light, the quiet on my skin Even the silence has a place tonight I don't need another place to get to (Stay right here) I'm finally here --- [PIANO BREAK — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY, WARM PIANO MOTIF, DEEP HOUSE GROOVE] --- [VERSE 2 — RICH MID-LOW CHEST VOICE, EFFORTLESS AND CONTENT] I watch the afternoon lean through the blinds And hear the neighborhood change its sound A friend leaves laughing at the doorway No grand occasion, nothing figured out I used to call these hours in-between Now they're the hours I don't want to lose --- [CHORUS — SOULFUL, WARM, SLIGHTLY MORE OPEN DELIVERY] Maybe I was never late Maybe this was always enough The room, the light, the quiet on my skin Even the silence has a place tonight I don't need another place to get to (Stay right here) I'm finally here --- [SOUL BRIDGE — INTIMATE CHEST VOICE, GENTLE FALSETTO LIFT, DEEP EMOTIONAL RESTRAINT] Let the future keep its unopened doors (Let it wait) There's still a little daylight on the floor (Nothing more) I spent so long looking past this room (I see it now) I almost missed the life that filled it --- [FINAL CHORUS — FULL, SOULFUL, GOSPEL-LAYERED, PEACEFUL RELEASE] Maybe I was never late (Never late) Maybe this was always enough (Always enough) The room, the light, the quiet on my skin (Right here) Even the silence has a place tonight I don't need another place to get to (Let it wait) I'm finally here (I'm here) And if tomorrow asks me for the next thing I'll meet it when it comes (When it comes) Tonight, I have this life And this life is enough --- [GROOVE OUTRO — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY, WARM HOUSE PIANO, SILKY SYNTHS, DEEP MELODIC BASS, SUBTLE SIDECHAIN MOVEMENT, NO LEAD VOCALS]
