[Intro: fingerpicked guitar] [Verse 1: soft rap] coffee pot on the embers, sparks go up like little questions Nobody's in a hurry, let the quiet do the guessing Phones face down in the grass where the dew's been settling Firelight on everyone, old faces, new lessons I've been running on the motorway of maybes all year Ten tabs open in my head and not a single one clear Out here the only deadline is the wood running out And the only things loud are the owl and the doubt Pass the blanket, pass the story that we tell every summer Same punchline every time and it still lands like thunder Someone strums a chord that nobody can name But it feels like we've known it since before we came [Chorus: hummed melody] Mmm, mmm, keep it low Mmm, mmm, let it glow Stay a while till the embers go Mmm, mmm, keep it low [Verse 2: soft rap] Smoke keeps changing its mind every way that I'm sitting Like the plans that I made, only half of them written Grandad said a fire is a clock with no numbers You know that it's late when the light starts to slumber And the best nights never ask to be posted They stay in your coat like the bread that you toasted Morning's gonna find us with the smoke in our jumpers Cold tea, wet boots and the sun in no hurry So I'm saying what I mean while the dark's on my side It's easier to be honest when the light's this tired If the world wants me back, it can wait by the gate I'm a log on the fire and I'm burning at my own rate [Chorus: hummed melody] Mmm, mmm, keep it low Mmm, mmm, let it glow Stay a while till the embers go Mmm, mmm, keep it low [Instrumental: guitar and brushes] [Outro: hummed, fading] Mmm, mmm, keep it low Mmm, mmm, let it glow Stay a while till the embers go Mmm, mmm, keep it low [End]
