Stay Here Awhile

[Intro] [Verse 1] Lay down the measuring tape Set the polished words aside There is a room beneath the noise There is a breath you cannot hide [Chorus] Stay here awhile Let the bright machinery rest Stay here awhile Put the weight against my chest [Verse 2] I carried borrowed weather In a coat too thin for rain I called the shape of sorrow mine Then learned to loosen every name [Chorus] Stay here awhile Let the bright machinery rest Stay here awhile Put the weight against my chest [Bridge] A cracked note still can open A trembling hand still knows The door is not in perfection It turns where the breathing goes [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] Stay here awhile No proof is needed here Stay here awhile Let the unfinished disappear Stay here awhile Let the quiet do its work Stay here awhile Come back gently to the earth [Outro] One breath Then another Nothing to prove