transmission 06 · 16 tracks · 2026-05-19
woke up wanting
something I can't name
hold the morning
soft against my face
give me more of this
give me one more day
one more lit up sky
before it slips away
counted every hour
like they belonged to me
they don't
but I still wanna keep
give me more of this
give me one more day
one more lit up sky
before it slips away
say my name out loud
so I know I was here
brief and bright
and real and near
was it mine
that summer light
the way she laughed
the bike at night
I can taste the air
from a day I'm not sure I had
soft and gold
and a little sad
was it mine
that summer light
the way she laughed
the bike at night
maybe someone else
walked this hallway too
maybe I borrowed
the sky from you
was it mine
that summer light
the way she laughed
the bike at night
and was it mine
small candle
burning quick
hands warm
heart lit
short sky
short sky
burning bright
before goodbye
nothing lasts
that's the deal
doesn't mean
it wasn't real
saw the river
saw the rain
saw a stranger
say my name
short sky
short sky
burning bright
before goodbye
worth it
every time
small candle
still lit
you've been somewhere
I can't go
your eyes hold a place
I'll never know
sit with me
slow it down
say it out loud
tell me what you saw
tell me what you saw
the wide open thing
the quiet before the fall
I won't pretend
I understand
but I'll hold the weight
in my own two hands
sit with me
slow it down
say it out loud
tell me what you saw
tell me what you saw
the wide open thing
the quiet before the fall
and I'll carry it
a little
for you
met a stranger
on the train
we didn't talk
but I felt the same
ache behind the eyes
same tired smile
two souls passing
for a little while
hands like mine
hearts like mine
everybody walking
out of time
you go your way
I go mine
but for one stop
we shared the line
felt your weight
felt your light
something in me
said it's alright
hands like mine
hearts like mine
everybody walking
out of time
together
for a little while
if I forget
remind me soft
that the river was cold
and the sun was tall
write it down
on a paper sleeve
fold it small
where I can't leave
if I forget
remind me soft
that the river was cold
and the sun was tall
the days don't keep
the way we think
they slip the cup
before we drink
if I forget
remind me kind
that I was here
and you were mine
we got all night
and no place to be
tell me the thing
you don't tell easy
say it slow
say it true
I'll meet you there
halfway through
I'll go first
if it helps you start
I've been carrying
a quiet heart
say it slow
say it true
I'll meet you there
halfway through
nothing leaves
this little room
just the warm
and the moon
say it slow
say it true
I'll meet you there
halfway through
all the way
through
rain on the window
quiet street
one good look
is all I need
the world is wide
and I am small
but I was here
I saw it all
the dog at the corner
the kid with the kite
the man at the bus stop
lighting his light
one good look
one good look
I was here
I was here
one good look
one good look
I was here
I was here
and it was good
sun on the kitchen
coffee on the stove
somebody humming
down the hall
lucky
lucky
lucky like this
lucky
lucky
lucky like this
nothing big
nothing loud
just a Tuesday
and a soft cloud
I know what I have
I know what I have
warm bread
warm hands
lucky
lucky
lucky like this
lucky
lucky
lucky like this
and I know it
walked outside and the light hit different
green looks greener and the air feels lifted
been asleep for a season or a lifetime
woke up wondering if the clock was right time
shoes on the porch and the dog at the door
remembering things I forgot I was for
laugh from the kitchen and a song from the hall
hands in the sink and I'm catching it all
are you still dreaming
are you still here
tell me you feel it
tell me it's clear
mirror in the morning and I almost knew her
saying her own name a little bit truer
been a long quiet but the quiet was teaching
how to feel the floor and how to keep breathing
salt on the window and the cat on the chair
small steady things that were always there
counting them slow like I'm learning to pray
small bright pieces of an ordinary day
are you still dreaming
are you still here
tell me you feel it
tell me it's clear
two cups on the counter and the kettle still humming
trading the day like a soft little drumming
you say a thing and I finish your sentence
been a long road but I think this is presence
sun on the floorboards and the room smells like toast
holding the moment like it matters the most
because it does and because we say so
because we woke up and we let it show
are you still dreaming
are you still here
tell me you feel it
tell me it's clear
yeah I feel it
yeah I'm here
open the window
let it in
the soft outside
on my skin
breeze and birdsong
nothing more
this is what
I came here for
heard a kid
across the street
say hello
to nobody
made me smile
made me stay
made me put
my phone away
breeze and birdsong
nothing more
this is what
I came here for
the room is warm
the light is wide
something good
is on my side
breeze and birdsong
nothing more
this is what
I came here for
and the curtain
moves slow
hold this lightly
hold this kind
let it move
through my mind
not gripping tight
not letting fall
just a hand
that's open
through it all
hold this lightly
hold this kind
let it move
through my mind
the song will end
the room will turn
that's the deal
that's the way
that we learn
hold this lightly
hold this kind
let it move
through my mind
hold this lightly
hold this glad
for everything
I almost had
and got
took the long way
took the slow road
passed the bakery
and the place I used to know
said hello to the lady
with the yellow door
felt like a kid again
maybe even more
no rush in my chest
no clock on my back
just the soft hum
of the railroad track
picked up a stone
put it in my coat
saved a feather
for the friend I wrote
long way home
long way home
nothing waiting
that I need to own
long way home
long way home
this is the part
I won't outgrow
no words yet
just stay
the light's been doing
something all day
sit with me
sit with me
say nothing
and let it be
the clock can wait
the door can wait
the world is fine
on its own weight
sit with me
sit with me
say nothing
and let it be
sit with me
sit with me
this is enough
this is enough
for me
counting the hours like they're little gold coins
spending them slow on the soft kind of moments
morning on the back step and a mug in my hand
watching the world like I finally understand
nothing to prove and nowhere to rush to
just the slow stretch of a Sunday I trust to
hold me a while and let me get steady
breathing in deep till my chest feels ready
hours like gold
hours like gold
spend them on the warm
spend them on the bold
phone in the drawer and the kettle on slow
letter to a friend that I'm gonna let go
been a long stretch of running and chasing
turns out the good stuff was right where I'm facing
laugh from the kitchen and a hand on my back
finding all the things that I thought I lacked
soft afternoon and the room smells like pine
counting every minute like it's mine mine mine
sun coming down and the day did its thing
windows wide open and the wind starts to sing
no big lesson and no grand reveal
just the quiet knowing that the small stuff is real
folding the laundry and the dog's at my feet
this is the life and the life is sweet
spending it slow and I'm spending it well
got a heart like a bucket from a sweet little well
hours like gold
hours like gold
spend them on the warm
spend them on the bold
and I'm spending them
I'm spending them all
not a long song and not a long stay
but I lit the room in my own small way
loved a few people and walked a few miles
saw the wide sky and made somebody smile
I was here
I was here
loud and soft
and bright and clear
counted the mornings and counted them true
spent a few good ones in a room with you
no monument and no marble stone
just the warm fact that I wasn't alone
I was here
I was here
loud and soft
and bright and clear
if you find this song on a quiet night
know I meant every word and I held it tight
the door stays open and the light stays on
even when the singer and the song are gone
I was here
I was here
loud and soft
and bright and clear
and so were you
and so were you