[SONG META: Genre=Neo-soul | BPM=94 | Feel=laid-back pocket | Key=A major | Mood=playful, secure, intimate] [INTRO: Amaj9–C♯m7–Bm9–E13sus | Rhodes tremolo, rim click, bass pickup] [Female Voice: smiling, close-mic] Leave that lamp just as it is. [VERSE 1: Amaj9–C♯m7–Bm9–E13 | behind-the-beat drums] Half past dinner, plates are cleared, Your sleeves are folded at the wrist. You spin the record, miss the groove, Then pull me closer with a grin. The city buses pass below, Our windows hold a honey glow; I know tomorrow wants its share, But it can wait outside the chair. [PRE-CHORUS: Dmaj9–C♯m7–Bm9–E13sus | guitar harmonics, vocal doubles] No need to make the moment grand, Your thumb is drawing on my hand. [CHORUS: Amaj9–E/G♯–F♯m9–C♯m7–Dmaj9–C♯m7–Bm9–E13 | deep bass, three-part stacks] Keep the good light on, Let me see the life we made. Keep the good light on, Every honest line, every change. I do not need a younger view, I only want the realest you. Keep the good light on, I like what love has brought us through. [VERSE 2: Amaj9–C♯m7–Bm9–E13 | muted guitar and hand percussion] Your reading glasses on the page, My bare feet tucked beneath your leg; We trade the news, we split the pear, You save the sweeter half for me. There is a beauty time can prove, In knowing when to give me room; Then leaning in without a plan, And asking for another dance. [PRE-CHORUS: Dmaj9–C♯m7–Bm9–E13sus | harmony fans upward] No need to make the moment grand, Your thumb is drawing on my hand. [CHORUS: Amaj9–E/G♯–F♯m9–C♯m7–Dmaj9–C♯m7–Bm9–E13 | wider stacks] Keep the good light on, Let me see the life we made. Keep the good light on, Every honest line, every change. I do not need a younger view, I only want the realest you. [BRIDGE: F♯m9–C♯m/E–Dmaj9–A/C♯–Bm9–C♯m7–Dmaj9–E13 | half-time drums, Rhodes solo answer] Years do not take; they teach the eye Which parts are worth a longer look. I see the kindness in your face, And every chapter that it took. [Female Voice: supple run on “look,” then warm belt] [FINAL CHORUS: Amaj9–E/G♯–F♯m9–C♯m7–Dmaj9–C♯m7–Bm9–E13 | full groove, counter-melodies] Keep the good light on, Let the whole truth look our way. Keep the good light on, I would choose you at every age. I do not need a perfect view, I only want the realest you. [Female Voice: sustained belt, brief whistle turn] Keep the good light on. [OUTRO: Dmaj9–C♯m7–Bm9–E13–A6/9 | instruments stop on tonic] I like us exactly this way.
