[Verse 1]
The evening settles on the avenue
A shopkeeper turns the key and checks the lock
You stand beside me, hands inside your coat
While rain writes little rivers down the glass
[Verse 2]
You tell me how the house has changed its rooms
How your old dog still waits beside the gate
I try to answer, but the years between us
Gather like a weight beneath each word
[Chorus]
So stay a little longer here with me
Let the quiet say what we could never say
I know the road will take you when it’s light
But for this hour, don’t turn away
[Verse 3]
A bus sighs softly at the corner stop
Its empty windows carry us in gold
You ask if I remember that first summer
I say I do, and leave the rest untold
[Bridge]
We were young enough to think that leaving
Was a door that only opened one way
Now your shoulder brushes mine, and neither
Finds a reason we should move away
[Chorus]
So stay a little longer here with me
Let the quiet say what we could never say
I know the road will take you when it’s light
But for this hour, don’t turn away
[Outro]
When morning comes, I’ll walk you to the corner
We’ll take the long way, slowly, if you’re free
And all the words we left beneath the silence
Can rest awhile between you and me