Lyric

Usual day, same train

Same bag, same worn name

I spilled my time on the floor

Then you said, “Come close”

Cold coins, hot tea

Old shoes, new heartbeat

You made the corner feel kind

With a look that stayed

So I kept my chin up

Kept my hands in motion

Counted all the small things

That keep me from folding

And when the room went quiet

You gave me a reason

To bring my whole self back

To the table again

Hold me here tonight

Hold me here tonight

We can make it light

We can make it light

One slow breath at a time

One slow breath at a time

Hold me here tonight

Hold me here tonight

(Hold me here tonight)

Work boots by the door

Keys hit the bowl, clang

The hours can pull like chains

Till your voice pulls me through

Some days I’m all edges

Some days I’m barely there

But you talk like a sunrise

In a room full of wires

So I kept my chin up

Kept my hands in motion

Counted all the small things

That keep me from folding

And when the room went quiet

You gave me a reason

To bring my whole self back

To the table again

Hold me here tonight

Hold me here tonight

We can make it light

We can make it light

One slow breath at a time

One slow breath at a time

Hold me here tonight

Hold me here tonight

(Hold me here tonight)

If the road goes sharp

If the news cuts deep

If the world gets heavy

Lay it down with me

No need for perfect

No need for proof

Just your steady hand

And my steady truth

[voice half-whispered, then rising]

Every age needs a song

Every bruise needs air

Every heart needs a place

To be repaired

Hold me here tonight

Hold me here tonight

We can make it light

We can make it light

One slow breath at a time

One slow breath at a time

Hold me here tonight

Hold me here tonight

(Hold me here tonight)

And if the day falls hard

We rise, we rise

You and I

We rise, we rise

Hold me here tonight

Hold me here tonight

(Hold me here tonight)