[Verse 1] The kettle breathes once By the sink in the hush Your cup leaves a ring On the worn pine top A sparrow hits the fence Then the yard goes still I watch the curtain lift Like it knows your name [Pre-Chorus] Gold on the window frame Slow as a held-in tear The whole room leans awake And nothing hurts in here [Chorus] Morning, stay Morning, stay Wash my hands In the pale new day Morning, stay Morning, stay Let the world Come back soft today [Verse 2] The apples in the bowl Catch a thin warm sheen A road sign far away Turns into a beam Your shirt on the chair Looks less like goodbye More like you just stepped out For a breath of sky [Pre-Chorus] Gold on the window frame Slow as a held-in tear The whole room leans awake And nothing hurts in here [Chorus] Morning, stay Morning, stay Wash my hands In the pale new day Morning, stay Morning, stay Let the world Come back soft today [Bridge] I was carried by the dark Then set down here On this quiet step With the robin near No hurry in my chest No crack in the glass Just a field of light Moving slowly past [Chorus] Morning, stay Morning, stay Wash my hands In the pale new day Morning, stay Morning, stay Let the world Come back soft today