[Verse 1] Your blue mug waits beside the sink, with yesterday’s tea gone cold and thin. You fold the towels; I clear the chair, we make a little room to breathe in there. [Pre-Chorus] The cupboard door keeps coming loose, I find the screw, you hold the light. We don’t have to fix the whole house; just this one thing tonight. [Chorus] Stay close, stay close, when the walls lean in. One hand on the table, one hand finding skin. We can mend what we can reach, leave the rest till morning comes. Stay close, stay close— I’m not done becoming someone. [Verse 2] Your coat still drips beside the mat, a grocery list curls under a glass. I say I’m fine, then lose the thread; you ask again, and I answer instead. [Pre-Chorus] The kettle clicks; the room goes still. I let the old alarm fall quiet. You don’t ask me to be unbroken; you sit with me beside it. [Chorus] Stay close, stay close, when the walls lean in. One hand on the table, one hand finding skin. We can mend what we can reach, leave the rest till morning comes. Stay close, stay close— I’m not done becoming someone. [Bridge] I learned to brace before the door would close, to read the weather in the way a silence grows. But you set two plates out, even when I disappear; I’m learning that a life can start right here. [Breakdown] Set it down. Let it wait. Name the hurt. Leave a little space. Your thumb circles mine. I come back in time. [Final Chorus] Stay close, stay close, when the walls lean in. One hand on the table, one hand finding skin. We can mend what we can reach, leave the rest till morning comes. Stay close, stay close— I’m still becoming someone. [Outro] The cups dry upside down. The hallway settles slow. You leave the kitchen light on; I know which way to go.
