While I Learn [3 Guys in a Garage - Remake]

[Intro - harmonica hook, sparse room sound] while i learn while i learn [Verse 1 - intimate lead vocal, close mic, restrained] i bring my yes in a chipped blue mug warm hands, thin rim still shaking i wore my brave like a borrowed coat buttoned wrong but aching [Refrain - close duet harmony enters, gentle lift] stay with me while i learn while i learn how to be true stay with me while i learn while i learn how to come back new [Instrumental Hook - short reed motif, warm bass answers] [Verse 2 - lead vocal softer, more conversational] the morning leans through the kitchen glass gold dust, old floor soft thunder you do not fix what i cannot name you just stand close and wonder [Refrain - duet harmony warmer, still small and human] stay with me while i learn while i learn how to be true stay with me while i learn while i learn how to come back new [Bridge - darker, lower vocal register, rhythm slightly thins] when the door in me says run when the child in me says hide when my little paper sun folds itself up inside do not crown me do not cure me do not make the darkness earn just be near me just be surely there — while i learn [Instrumental Bridge - harmonica hook returns, slightly fractured, no big solo] [Final Verse - exposed vocal, almost spoken at first] i am not done being born to you small breath, clean shirt heart open if love is work then let work be light one word, one wound unbroken [Final Refrain - full duet, modest emotional peak, no belting] stay with me while i learn while i learn how to be true stay with me while i learn while i learn how to love you new [Outro - repeat softly, fade with instrumental hook] while i learn while i learn stay with me while i learn8