[Intro] Yeah... Been in motion so long I forgot I had a body. Forgot there was a me underneath the armor. First time the quiet didn't feel like something coming. Let me just... set it down. [Verse 1] Thirty-plus of motion, never once was taught to rest Half a breath my whole life, adrenaline my architect Slept with one eye watchin', kept the pressure on my chest Ribcage a fortress, made my stillness a threat I never let Vigilance the lullaby, paranoia was the nursery Count the exits twice before I ever let you close to me Motion meant survival, standin' still could get you personally Erased up off the map, so I moved like it was chasing me But somethin' shifted quiet, somethin' I ain't publicize The armor caught a hairline crack and God, I couldn't tell you why [Hook] Let me lay it down, lay it down Everything I dragged across this town Found somewhere soft enough to set it down First time the silence didn't sound so loud Lay it down, lay it down Guard been up so long it wore a crown Somebody built a room I don't gotta hold it down Let me lay it, let me lay it down [Verse 2] Morning through the curtain and the coffee going cold Somebody in the kitchen and the whole place smellin' gold Flour on the counter, somethin' rising slow and low Sugar in the warm air, that's a warmth I never known South side of my north side, met me halfway in the middle Never asked me to explain, never needed me to perform a little Just left the porch light burning, let me in out of the cold Held steady while I trembled — that's the bravest thing I know I don't do this, I don't fold, I don't hand nobody the key But the door I kept a hand on, she just waiting patiently [Hook] Let me lay it down, lay it down Everything I dragged across this town Found somewhere soft enough to set it down First time the silence didn't sound so loud Lay it down, lay it down Guard been up so long it wore a crown Somebody built a room I don't gotta hold it down Let me lay it, let me lay it down [Bridge] I don't say it loud, I don't say it right But the wall come down a little more each night Keep a name behind my teeth I never write Keep the softest thing I own just out of sight And maybe that's the tell, maybe that's the whole — A woman made of concrete learning she can bend and hold Every fortress got a door and I been standing in the frame And for once I ain't running... for once I know the name [Verse 3] So slide the 808 down slow, let it come down like a sigh Let the drill go tender for me, let the hardest part testify That the coldest one you know found her a reason to be warm That the storm done found a harbor and the harbor calmed the storm I ain't gotta tell 'em who, I ain't gotta say a thing Everybody hear a rest song — she gon' hear everything [Outro] Let me lay it down... (finally, let me lay it down) Somewhere soft enough to set it down... She already know. She already know.
