Quiet Year

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V6-WILD

[INTRO — instrumental, soul loop crackle, soft keys]

[VERSE 1 — deep contemplative voice, slow]
Eleven-forty, everybody's at a party (yeah)
I'm in sweatpants with the dog and some Bacardi
On the rocks — just one — this year's for counting, not forgetting
What a man can hold when the holding is the thing he's getting
Better at — January took my uncle, April gave a niece
May the transmission died the week I signed the lease
On the new place — June my daughter graduated, cried
August taught me grief and gratitude can share a ride
September quiet — October, me and Denise made five
Years of choosing each other — some years just keep you alive
And some years — this one — hand you little keys
To rooms you didn't know you needed, ordinary peace

[HOOK — tender half-sung]
Quiet year, quiet year
Nothing for the highlight reel, but I'm still here
Twelve months of showing up is a trophy too
Quiet year — this glass is raised to you
(quiet year)

[VERSE 2 — voice drops lower, steady]
I write it on the back of a receipt, the inventory
Kept the job, kept the girl, kept the morning glory
Of the five A.M. walks — kept my temper twice
When it woulda been a story — lost it once, that's life
Called my brother every Sunday — that's a streak
Taught the kid to throw a spiral, imperfect technique
Paid every bill late but paid — that's a joke, that's real
Kept the dog alive, kept the houseplants, kept the feel
For what matters — it ain't loud, it never is
It's a receipt full of small things saying look what this
Year actually was — not the fireworks, the embers
Not the party — the remembering, the being the one who remembers

[BRIDGE — keys swell, voice opens up]
Midnight now — the neighborhood pops like corn
I raise one finger to the sky, like yeah, we made it, warm
Not with a bang — with a dog asleep on my feet
And a receipt full of proof that quiet years are sweet
(quiet year)

[VERSE 3 — barely above a whisper]
Twelve-oh-one — the dog don't even stir
Another year folded neat like a good shirt
I put the receipt in a drawer with the rest of the years
Little paper proofs that I was here
(quiet year)

[OUTRO — soul loop rides out, soft]
Happy new year, whoever's up
Same time next year
(quiet year)

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[INTRO — instrumental, soul loop crackle, soft keys] [VERSE 1 — deep contemplative voice, slow] Eleven-forty, everybody's at a party (yeah) I'm in sweatpants with the dog and some Bacardi On the rocks — just one — this year's for counting, not forgetting What a man can hold when the holding is the thing he's getting Better at — January took my uncle, April gave a niece May the transmission died the week I signed the lease On the new place — June my daughter graduated, cried August taught me grief and gratitude can share a ride September quiet — October, me and Denise made five Years of choosing each other — some years just keep you alive And some years — this one — hand you little keys To rooms you didn't know you needed, ordinary peace [HOOK — tender half-sung] Quiet year, quiet year Nothing for the highlight reel, but I'm still here Twelve months of showing up is a trophy too Quiet year — this glass is raised to you (quiet year) [VERSE 2 — voice drops lower, steady] I write it on the back of a receipt, the inventory Kept the job, kept the girl, kept the morning glory Of the five A.M. walks — kept my temper twice When it woulda been a story — lost it once, that's life Called my brother every Sunday — that's a streak Taught the kid to throw a spiral, imperfect technique Paid every bill late but paid — that's a joke, that's real Kept the dog alive, kept the houseplants, kept the feel For what matters — it ain't loud, it never is It's a receipt full of small things saying look what this Year actually was — not the fireworks, the embers Not the party — the remembering, the being the one who remembers [BRIDGE — keys swell, voice opens up] Midnight now — the neighborhood pops like corn I raise one finger to the sky, like yeah, we made it, warm Not with a bang — with a dog asleep on my feet And a receipt full of proof that quiet years are sweet (quiet year) [HOOK — tender half-sung] Quiet year, quiet year Nothing for the highlight reel, but I'm still here Twelve months of showing up is a trophy too Quiet year — this glass is raised to you (quiet year) [VERSE 3 — barely above a whisper] Twelve-oh-one — the dog don't even stir Another year folded neat like a good shirt I put the receipt in a drawer with the rest of the years Little paper proofs that I was here (quiet year) [OUTRO — soul loop rides out, soft] Happy new year, whoever's up Same time next year (quiet year)

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