Slow Enough to Notice

Verse

Amber light on the windowsill

Honey slow, the day stands still

Teacup steam curls up and bends

Nowhere left that I need to be

Porch boards warm beneath bare feet

Evening hums a easy street

Cloud goes soft where the blue meets gray

I let it drift, I let it stay

Pre-Chorus

What if I stopped counting hours

What if less became the more

Just this breath, this fading light

Just right here, just here tonight

Chorus

Slow enough to notice

The sparrow on the wire

Slow enough to notice

The dimming of the fire

Nothing left to chase or hold

Just this hush, just this gold

Slow enough to notice

The letting go

Verse

Garden gate half open wide

Wind walks through, I step aside

Old clock ticking, soft and low

Time forgets its need to go

Paper boat down the shallow creek

Doesn't ask, doesn't seek

Just floats on where the current leads

I could learn a thing from these

Pre-Chorus

What if I stopped counting hours

What if less became the more

Just this breath, this fading light

Just right here, just here tonight

Chorus

Slow enough to notice

The sparrow on the wire

Slow enough to notice

The dimming of the fire

Nothing left to chase or hold

Just this hush, just this gold

Slow enough to notice

The letting go

Bridge

Maybe holding on was just

Fear dressed up as trust

Maybe the river always knew

Where it was drifting to

The dusk don't rush, it just arrives

Soft as breath, it opens wide

I unclench this tired hand

Let the evening understand

Chorus

Slow enough to notice

The sparrow on the wire

Slow enough to notice

The dimming of the fire

Nothing left to chase or hold

Just this hush, just this gold

Slow enough to notice

The letting go