[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] You made dinner on a Wednesday for no reason Put on that record you know I can't help but sing to We stayed up late just talking about nothing And I forgot for an hour that I always lose you [Pre-Chorus] Then I caught myself Counting the good days like a man Who knows the weather's gonna change But doesn't want to understand [Chorus] We're in the good stretch now And I know how long these last I know the way you get When something from the past Creeps back in through the floorboards And we're strangers in a week We're in the good stretch now And God I want to keep it But I know me And I know you And I know how this goes the early warning [Verse 2] Sunday morning — you were reading by the window I watched you for a second longer than I should There was something in the angle of your shoulders That said the good stretch might be ending Like I knew it would [Pre-Chorus] I didn't say a word I just poured the coffee, sat beside you Decided I'd be wrong [Bridge] Maybe the cycle is the thing Maybe this is what love is Not a steady state of good But a thing that knows to miss What it keeps pushing away And comes back anyway Maybe we're not broken Maybe we're just The long way around [Final Chorus — choosing presence over prediction] We're in the good stretch now And I'm choosing not to count I'm choosing just to sit here Let the ordinary mount Let the Wednesday dinners And the records and the late nights be enough We're in the good stretch And I'm choosing us And I'm choosing not to know What comes after this [Outro — one breath, one image] You looked up from your book Smiled at nothing And I thought — Yeah This is worth the rest of it
