Stay Here Awhile

[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

[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