In Your Presence

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You leave your coat beside the kitchen chair Rain darkens the sleeve, water gathers there I’ve been carrying the day with both hands tight You look at me once, and the room gets quiet [Pre-Chorus] No answer waiting No promise to prove Just your hand on the table And a little more room [Chorus] In your presence, I can set it down The names, the noise, the weight I carried out You don’t have to fix what followed me home You stay, and I remember I’m not alone In your presence I can breathe again [Verse 2] The kettle clicks, you pour the cups too full A thin ring of tea stains the wooden stool You tell me something small about your day I hear the ordinary pull me back my way [Pre-Chorus] No bright solution No speech from above Just the shape of your shoulder And the patience of love [Chorus] In your presence, I can set it down The names, the noise, the weight I carried out You don’t have to fix what followed me home You stay, and I remember I’m not alone In your presence I can breathe again [Bridge] If tomorrow comes heavy through the door I won’t meet it like I did before There is courage in the quiet things In the way you let the silence sing [Final Chorus] In your presence, I can set it down Every fear that kept its fingers wrapped around You don’t have to promise the road is clear You stay, and the future feels closer here In your presence I can breathe again In your presence I am here again [Outro] Your coat beside the kitchen chair Your hand on mine, and I am there