Stay in the Maybe

[Verse 1] The ice has gone quiet. The record turns slow. Your coat on the piano has nowhere to go. The city draws silver across your left sleeve. You don’t ask a question. I don’t try to leave. [Pre-Chorus] I’ve broken good moments by asking them when, by reaching for endings before they begin. [Chorus] Stay in the maybe. Don’t pull it apart. Don’t ask the morning to tell us what we are. Stay in the maybe. Your hand next to mine. Some things are truest before they’re defined. [Verse 2] A taxi throws headlights in bars through the blinds. They pass over your face, then vanish behind. I could say “forever” and cheapen the night. You move closer by inches and leave it implied. [Pre-Chorus] I’ve spent half a lifetime demanding a sign. Tonight I can love this without making it mine. [Chorus] Stay in the maybe. Don’t pull it apart. Don’t ask the morning to tell us what we are. Stay in the maybe. Your hand next to mine. Some things are truest before they’re defined. [Bridge] If this is a doorway, don’t show me the key. If this is a lifetime, don’t promise it me. Just stay while the piano keeps missing the end. Let me be close to you without asking when. [Final Chorus] Stay in the maybe. Don’t pull it apart. Let morning find nothing but two open hearts. Stay in the maybe. No future to sign. Some things are truest before they’re defined. And if it is over when daylight arrives, we still had this moment. This moment was ours. [Outro] Stay in the maybe until the last chord. No need to name it. I know what it was.