The Heart That Slows Down

It comes tapping at your window

Like the midnight rain in June

Starts with innocence then grows up slow

Until the thunder shakes the room

My dear, I feel like I could fall hard

Though it's been a year or two

I recognise those worry lines like scars

There's something coming back to you

And how I wish this storm could drown and wash your ghosts away

If overnights best-darkened clouds just pour out and dissipate

But if your silhouette is riveted in silence

Like a wallflower in a dark lit room

And in that moment when you eye the exit signs above the door

And everyone just wants a little more

A little more, a little more

I'll give it back to you if you want me to

I'll give it back to you and I'll just do without

I'll give it back to you if you need me to

I'll give it back to you and walk away to the sound of the heart that slows down

You're like the lighting in the distance

The second everything gets cleared

And there suspended in the instant

Our wonder hangs above our fear

But when the light strikes every town around us feels the shock

But even so, I try to slow down time and dance in the breath we've got

'Cus if your silhouette is riveted in silence

Like a wallflower in a dark lit room

And in that moment when you eye the exit signs above the door

And everyone just wants a little more

A little more, a little more

I'll give it back to you if you want me to

I'll give it back to you and I'll just do without

I'll give it back to you if you need me to

I'll give it back to you and walk away to the sound of the heart that slows down

Oh father tell me and be honest

Is some life meant to break your dreams

To get our eyes used to the darkness

So come here light

We'll finally see