Let the Evening Hold You

Verse

Amber light on the kitchen tile

Kettle steam holds still a while

Your old sweater on the door

I don't need much more than this

Porch boards creak in three-four time

Streetlamp hums a lazy rhyme

Paper cup gone cold at nine

Fingers wrapped around the warmth

Pre-Chorus

Can we stay in this slow hour

Let the minutes lose their power

Nowhere left that we should be

Chorus

Let the evening hold you

Like a hand you know by heart

Let the evening hold you

Soft as static, warm as dark

The day can slip its edges

We don't have to fall apart

Just let the evening hold you

Right here where we start

Verse

Vinyl crackles, low and slow

Dust motes drifting where the lamp light glows

Photograph tucked in a book

Same old look, same golden hue

Traffic hushes down the street

Two mugs cooling, matching heat

Nothing here we need to say

The quiet does the work today

Pre-Chorus

Can we stay in this slow hour

Let the minutes lose their power

Nowhere left that we should be

Chorus

Let the evening hold you

Like a hand you know by heart

Let the evening hold you

Soft as static, warm as dark

The day can slip its edges

We don't have to fall apart

Just let the evening hold you

Right here where we start

Bridge

Someday this will be the memory

The one we reach for in the dark

A porch, a cup, a melody

Small enough to hold, big enough to last

Chorus

Let the evening hold you

Like a hand you know by heart

Let the evening hold you

Soft as static, warm as dark

The day can slip its edges

We don't have to fall apart

Just let the evening hold you

Right here where we start