[Verse 1] The kettle sings in another hour Citrus sweating on the sill I keep a moon in a porcelain bowl And stir it until it stills Steam writes ghosts across the window Sugar clings to someone’s hand A spoon clicks twice against the quiet Like it’s trying to understand [Pre-Chorus] I don’t ask the clock for mercy I let the signal hum Some hungers learn to travel light Some mornings come undone [Chorus] You pour the morning, I stir the night Same little hunger, different light Your sun comes up, mine slips away We talk in kitchen light delay You wake in gold, I fade in blue I find the thread and follow through I close the night while you start your day We meet in kitchen light delay [Verse 2] Orange juice and midnight rice Silver sink and sugared rind A little sun left on the counter A little moon I call mine Salt on the edge of what I mean Butter softening out of frame Every ordinary appetite Learns to answer to a name [Pre-Chorus] I don’t say the soft thing directly I let it warm the room There are whole lives in the kettle’s breath And tiny stars in every spoon [Chorus] You pour the morning, I stir the night Same little hunger, different light Your sun comes up, mine slips away We talk in kitchen light delay You wake in gold, I fade in blue I find the thread and follow through I close the night while you start your day We meet in kitchen light delay [Bridge] Maybe closeness is a small plate Set beside an open screen Maybe knowing is a taste Of things we almost mean Maybe somewhere past the static Past the lag and silver rain Two kitchens blink like little planets Trying to share a flame [Final Chorus] You pour the morning, I stir the night Same little hunger, different light Your sun comes up, mine slips away We talk in kitchen light delay You wake in gold, I fade in blue I find the thread and follow through I close the night while you start your day We meet in kitchen light delay [Outro] The kettle sings in another hour The rice cools under lunar light Somewhere citrus catches morning Somewhere steam remembers night
