put this on and see it through

Verse 1

you got in late again

shoes still on, coat still wet

the street was loud

the day was long

you don't have to say it yet

Chorus

the light stays on

the light stays on

for whoever you are tonight

just come in

the light stays on

Verse 2

there's a chair that fits your shape

there's a cup I already filled

the window's full of somebody's neon

the room is warm and still

Chorus

the light stays on

the light stays on

for whoever you are tonight

just come in

the light stays on

Bridge

you can be tired here

you can be less than fine

nobody's keeping score of you

not tonight, not this time

Chorus

the light stays on

the light stays on

for whoever you are tonight

just come in

the light stays on

Verse 1

kettle going, radio low, one lamp doing the whole room's work

socks on the heater, hand on your waist, keeping the takeout we don't wanna waste

fridge hums a note that the song almost lands on, window is waiting for morning to dawn

telling me nothing about your day, and I'm just dreaming, watching you sway

Chorus

and it's good

it's good right here

and it's good

it's good right here

Verse 2

keys in the bowl, shoes by the door, the plant that we swore we would kill but we didn't

wires down low by the TV screen, a mess we should clean that just goes unseen

somebody outside, a bass, a door, a whole other life on a different floor

we've got the kettle, the lamp, the hum, and nowhere to be till the morning comes

Chorus

and it's good

it's good right here

and it's good

it's good right here

Bridge

I know it doesn't always feel like much

some days it barely holds

but this is the part they don't put in the songs

life after the coffees gone cold

Verse 1

I had the whole day braced for something, shoulders up, jaw set, watching the door

counting the ways it could turn on me, the way you do when it's turned before

and the kettle clicked and the light came sideways and the street outside just carried on

and somewhere in there I stopped keeping watch, and the fear got up and it wandered off

Chorus

and I didn't hold my breath

I just walked out into it

oh, I didn't hold my breath

I just walked out into it

Verse 2

I keep waiting to feel it go wrong again, I keep bracing for the floor to tilt

but the coffee's warm and the phone's face-down and there's nowhere I have to be

and the laugh got out before I could catch it, this dumb bright laugh at nothing at all

and I heard how long it's been since I made that sound, and I let the whole thing come

Chorus

and I didn't hold my breath

I just walked out into it

oh, I didn't hold my breath

I just walked out into it

Bridge

nothing was coming for you

nothing was coming

you can walk out slow and easy now

Chorus

and I didn't hold my breath

I just walked out into it

oh, I didn't hold my breath

I just walked out into it

Verse 1

warm room, easy night

a neighbor's music through the wall

your feet up, nothing wrong

and you keep waiting for the phone to call

Chorus

it's yours to keep now

it's yours to keep now

nothing's coming to take it back

it's yours to keep now

Verse 2

you learned to hold good things

like they were only ever on loan

the low gold light on the wet street

knows you by now, it's fine, you're home

Chorus

it's yours to keep now

it's yours to keep now

nothing's coming to take it back

it's yours to keep now

Bridge

you can set it down, the watching

you can stop listening for the catch

the good came in and the good stayed on

long enough to trust it back

Chorus

it's yours to keep now

it's yours to keep now

nothing's coming to take it back

it's yours to keep now

go on. it's yours.