Let It Stay

[Verse 1] Dishes on the counter Light across the tile No shape in the hallway No ruin in the wire Morning hit the window Like it forgot my name Soft enough to scare me More than thunder ever did Nothing in the ceiling Nothing at the door Just the room staying still And me wanting more [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I don’t touch it Maybe I don’t pry Maybe I let the good thing breathe Without asking why [Chorus] Let it stay This sliver of calm This open throat air This weight off my arms Let it stay No test, no chase No feeding the silence Till it shows me its teeth Let it stay [Verse 2] I used to bruise the bruise Just to watch it bloom Pulled every fragile thread Till I blacked out the room Like peace was a hallway Built to break my legs Like love was only honest If it left me half-dead But the walls are not moving The sky is still wide And nothing here is dying By letting this survive [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I stop leaning Toward the old collapse Maybe I can stand right here And not turn it black [Chorus] Let it stay This sliver of calm This open throat air This weight off my arms Let it stay No test, no chase No feeding the silence Till it shows me its teeth Let it stay [Bridge] Not clean Not cured Not sealed from the knife Just one quiet thing Not asking for blood Maybe peace is not a wound I have to reopen Maybe it is only here And I can leave it open [Final Chorus] Let it stay This shard of light This breath with no warning This unarmed night Let it stay I don’t need proof I don’t need to drag it down To know it’s the truth Let it stay [Outro] Don’t ask too much Don’t make it bleed Let it stay