Warm Embrace

quiet storm, blue-eyed soul, adult contemporary (soft adult pop)

[Verse 1]
Close the door, don’t wake the hallway
Leave the lights down low
There’s a storm inside my body
But you move like you don’t know

Your hand is resting on my shoulder
Like a question in the dark
And I should tell you where I’m broken
But you already found the mark

[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been cold in crowded rooms
I’ve been kissed and still untouched
Now you’re standing close enough to save me
Or to ask too much

[Chorus]
Oh, your warm embrace
Feels like mercy on my skin
Like a place I’ve never been
But I know the shape

Of a warm embrace
When it holds a little tight
When it feels too much like night
And I still stay
In your warm embrace

[Verse 2]
You don’t speak, but I can hear you
In the rhythm of your breath
There’s a promise in the silence
There’s a warning in the rest

I keep my secrets folded neatly
Under satin, under shame
But you touch me like a memory
That remembers every name

[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been safe behind my window
I’ve been good behind my smile
Now you’re pulling back the curtain
Just an inch, just a while

[Chorus]
Oh, your warm embrace
Feels like mercy on my skin
Like a place I’ve never been
But I know the shape

Of a warm embrace
When it holds a little tight
When it feels too much like night
And I still stay
In your warm embrace

[Bridge]
Is this healing?
Is this hunger?
Is this shelter?
Is this rain?

If I lean into the thunder
Will I ever leave again?

You say, “Baby, don’t be frightened”
But you say it much too slow
And the sweeter that you hold me
The less I want to know

[Saxophone break]

[Final Chorus]
Oh, your warm embrace
Feels like mercy on my skin
Like forgiveness closing in
With a velvet chain

Your warm embrace
Is it love or just a room
Where the flowers never bloom
But they never fade?

Oh, your warm embrace
I could sleep here, I could fall
I could lose myself in all
The things you don’t say

In your warm embrace
Hold me close, but not too near
Love me soft, but leave me here
Before I stay

[Outro]
Close the door
Don’t wake the hallway
Let the night behave

I was cold before you touched me
Now I’m warm
And still afraid

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[Verse 1] Close the door, don’t wake the hallway Leave the lights down low There’s a storm inside my body But you move like you don’t know Your hand is resting on my shoulder Like a question in the dark And I should tell you where I’m broken But you already found the mark [Pre-Chorus] I’ve been cold in crowded rooms I’ve been kissed and still untouched Now you’re standing close enough to save me Or to ask too much [Chorus] Oh, your warm embrace Feels like mercy on my skin Like a place I’ve never been But I know the shape Of a warm embrace When it holds a little tight When it feels too much like night And I still stay In your warm embrace [Verse 2] You don’t speak, but I can hear you In the rhythm of your breath There’s a promise in the silence There’s a warning in the rest I keep my secrets folded neatly Under satin, under shame But you touch me like a memory That remembers every name [Pre-Chorus] I’ve been safe behind my window I’ve been good behind my smile Now you’re pulling back the curtain Just an inch, just a while [Chorus] Oh, your warm embrace Feels like mercy on my skin Like a place I’ve never been But I know the shape Of a warm embrace When it holds a little tight When it feels too much like night And I still stay In your warm embrace [Bridge] Is this healing? Is this hunger? Is this shelter? Is this rain? If I lean into the thunder Will I ever leave again? You say, “Baby, don’t be frightened” But you say it much too slow And the sweeter that you hold me The less I want to know [Saxophone break] [Final Chorus] Oh, your warm embrace Feels like mercy on my skin Like forgiveness closing in With a velvet chain Your warm embrace Is it love or just a room Where the flowers never bloom But they never fade? Oh, your warm embrace I could sleep here, I could fall I could lose myself in all The things you don’t say In your warm embrace Hold me close, but not too near Love me soft, but leave me here Before I stay [Outro] Close the door Don’t wake the hallway Let the night behave I was cold before you touched me Now I’m warm And still afraid

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