[Intro] | vinyl crackle | low Rhodes | muted guitar lick | dry kick enters | male close mic, calm grit You asked me for a dream I gave you coffee in the morning Same light through the blinds Same bills, same stories [female harmony under | smooth, dry] You asked me for a wish I kept giving you Tuesdays Laundry on the chair Love hiding in the small ways [male | beat settles into West Coast bounce] You wanted deep like the ocean We got a kitchen and a calendar Little notes on the counter Still building something after us [female | cool, steady] That still counts I checked the math Still here Still got your back [Chorus] | fuller beat | both | smooth hook, no pop shine I didn’t stay thrilling I stayed You didn’t stay easy You stayed We didn’t keep shining We stayed Love got less pretty Still stayed [male lead | muted guitar answer] Many years past the speech Words got smaller, truth got heavier Less fireworks in the street More “text me when you get there” [female | close, soft steel] I don’t need you as a fantasy I need you walking through that door Keys down, shoes off Same man I chose before [male | tighter pocket] I still mean the vow It just sits lower in my chest now Not loud But it don’t back down [female] Good That’s where I can reach it now [Chorus] | both | stronger groove I didn’t stay thrilling I stayed You didn’t stay easy You stayed We didn’t keep shining We stayed Love got less pretty Still stayed [Verse 2] | drop to kick, bass, Rhodes | female lead Some years I wanted quiet More than I wanted adventure You kept leaning forward Like the road might remember us [male | dry grit] Some years my hands shook Before the pills kicked in You didn’t make a sermon You just let the morning in [female] I put the cup where you could find it That was the whole poem [male] I know I drank it slow then [Bridge] | half-time | bass warm | male reflective If I could answer that first song now I wouldn’t promise you the ocean I’d promise the ride home Gas light low, still rolling The porch light left on Your name in my phone The way I scan a crowded room And still look for you first [female answers | harmony on line ends] If I could answer it now I wouldn’t ask you to be magic I’d ask you to keep coming back After the noise After the pride After the day tries to drag it [Breakdown] | traded vocals | beat holding | intimate (Male) I’m not the man in that first photograph (Female) I didn’t marry the photograph (Male) I’m still the one who said yes (Female) So am I (Male) Still? (Female) Still. (Male) After all this? (Female) Boy, obviously. [Final Chorus] | full groove | both | warmer, bigger but restrained I didn’t stay thrilling I stayed You didn’t stay easy You stayed We didn’t keep shining We stayed Love got less pretty Still stayed I didn’t stay flawless I stayed You didn’t stay fearless You stayed We didn’t stay young We stayed Deep got quiet Still stayed [Outro] | Rhodes and muted guitar | male then female | beat fades Truly was a young word Madly burned off in the flame Deeply is what’s left now And deeply knows my name [female soft] It’s enough [male] Yeah [both] It’s enough
