[Intro] [High airy tenor] Oooh, take your time Leave the door half open [Verse 1] [Low smoky tenor] You left your coffee cooling by the sink A little ring of brown around the porcelain I read the note you folded into thirds Two honest lines, then nothing else was said [High airy tenor] I kept the window cracked for afternoon The curtains leaned toward every passing room If you come back, you won't have to explain Just say my name the way you used to say it [Pre-Chorus] [Low smoky tenor] No need to make it heavier [High airy tenor] No need to make it new [Both] We can let the quiet tell us What the talking couldn't do [Chorus] [High airy tenor] Stay a little, stay a little With your hand against my sleeve [Low smoky tenor] I don't need a perfect answer I just need you close to me [Both] Stay a little, stay a little Let the evening lose its shape [High airy tenor] If the feeling's still here somewhere [Low smoky tenor] We don't have to walk away [Post-Chorus] [High airy tenor] Oooh, don't rush it Oooh, let it breathe [Verse 2] [Low smoky tenor] Your blue coat hanging from the second chair Like you were always almost leaving there I heard the old floor settle after two Then smiled because it sounded just like you [High airy tenor] The radio was low, a distant voice You looked at me as if you had a choice Between the life that keeps us on the run And this small room where we could come undone [Pre-Chorus] [Low smoky tenor] No need to make it heavier [High airy tenor] No need to make it new [Both] We can let the quiet tell us What the talking couldn't do [Chorus] [High airy tenor] Stay a little, stay a little With your hand against my sleeve [Low smoky tenor] I don't need a perfect answer I just need you close to me [Both] Stay a little, stay a little Let the evening lose its shape [High airy tenor] If the feeling's still here somewhere [Low smoky tenor] We don't have to walk away [Bridge] [Low smoky tenor] Maybe we were too quick to name it Too careful with the truth [High airy tenor] Maybe all the space between us Was waiting here for you [Both] No grand promise, no surrender No bright finish we can fake Just your shoulder next to mine now And the choice we get to make [Final Chorus] [High airy tenor] Stay a little, stay a little With your hand against my sleeve [Low smoky tenor] I don't need a perfect answer I just need you close to me [Both] Stay a little, stay a little Let the evening lose its shape [High airy tenor] If the feeling's still here somewhere [Low smoky tenor] We don't have to walk away [Outro] [Both, soft doubles] Stay a little Stay a little [High airy tenor] Oooh, let it breathe [Low smoky tenor] Yeah, let it breathe
