[Intro] (Slow, heavy 808 beat drops in) A soft electric piano plays a lonely, smoky chord progression A distant, reverbed sax sighs in the background (Whispered) Yeah... turn the lights down low. The whole world stopped spinning for a second. Listen... [Verse 1] Concrete coolin’ down from the day Traffic noise just faded away No sirens wailing out in the street Just the low bass hum of an empty beat The moon is hanging high like a pearl We slipped past the edge of the usual world [Chorus] Oh, this quiet earth Got us stepping off what’s known and rehearsed On the other side of ordinary Just your breath right here, right here When the noise goes dark and the shadows play Every loud illusion just slips away On the other side of ordinary... Yeah, we’re safe right here [Verse 2] Phone don’t ring, and the static’s gone Just the shadow of the velvet dawn Trees stand still like they holding their breath No room for worry, no room for stress Your hand in mine on the bedroom floor Like we found a door nobody’s seen before [Chorus] Oh, this quiet earth Got us stepping off what’s known and rehearsed On the other side of ordinary Just your breath right here, right here When the noise goes dark and the shadows play Every loud illusion just slips away On the other side of ordinary... Yeah, we’re safe right here [Verse 3] Cups on the table, half full, half cold Mornings don’t rush us like they used to do The TV’s blue but it don’t say much We let the whole damn town sleep through Your laugh cuts soft through the stale room air Like a small bright crack in a heavy night [Chorus] Oh, this quiet earth Got us stepping off what’s known and rehearsed On the other side of ordinary Just your breath right here, right here When the noise goes dark and the shadows play Every loud illusion just slips away On the other side of ordinary... Yeah, we’re safe right here [Verse 4] And if the power cuts, we won’t move Got your shoulder, got this old groove No big words, no need to explain Just the low slow pulse in our veins If the whole wide world keeps making noise We’ll stay tucked inside this one small choice [Bridge] (Vocal runs getting smoother, building up) If the stars burn out tonight... (Let ’em burn out) If the morning lost its light... (We wouldn't turn round) We got a silence so deep and true Nothing left in the room but me and you... Just me and you [Outro] (Guitar & Synth Outro) (Smooth, slow electric guitar bends sliding out) (A soft vocal harmony fading into the dark) So quiet... So still... Just let the earth stand still. (Fade out on a single bass note)
