Verse
Steam curls up in the window light
Sock feet cold on the kitchen tile
Grey clock ticking but I don't mind
Just me and the stove and the slow sunrise
Yesterday's mail still stacked by the door
Coat on the chair from the night before
Nowhere to be, no reason to rush
Just the hush before the hush
Pre-Chorus
And the water's warming slow
Something in me starts to go
Loosening what I used to hold
Piece by piece, I let it go
Chorus
Waiting on the kettle to sing
Watching the smoke make its lazy rings
Nothing to fix, nothing to keep
Just this quiet, just this steam
Waiting on the kettle to sing
Verse
Old dust settles on the windowsill
Radio hums but the words stand still
Half a cup of yesterday's tea
Going cold, and that's alright with me
Photographs curl at the edge of the frame
Names I loved but forget the names
Let the porch light burn down low
Everything I know starts to go
Pre-Chorus
And the water's warming slow
Something in me starts to go
Loosening what I used to hold
Piece by piece, I let it go
Chorus
Waiting on the kettle to sing
Watching the smoke make its lazy rings
Nothing to fix, nothing to keep
Just this quiet, just this steam
Waiting on the kettle to sing
Bridge
Maybe I don't need to know
Where the morning means to go
Maybe drifting's just the art
Of finally opening my hands, my heart
Chorus
Waiting on the kettle to sing
Watching the smoke make its lazy rings
Nothing to fix, nothing to keep
Just this quiet, just this steam
Waiting on the kettle to sing
