Little Yeses

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You leave your blue mug by the sink With one tea bag folded on the rim I read the grocery list you wrote And smile before the day begins You call me from the corner shop To ask if we still need bread Then tell me something small and strange That keeps on turning in my head [Pre-Chorus] Love is not a grand parade It is your coat across my chair The way you say my name twice When you know I’m almost there [Chorus] I choose you in the ordinary In the dishes and the rain In the long way home from work And the questions we explain If tomorrow changes every room I’ll find you where you are Love is built from little yeses Till the little yeses last [Verse 2] You know the crack beside the window Where the winter air comes through You tuck a folded towel against it Like there’s nothing you can’t do We argue over borrowed books Then trade them back by noon Your laugh breaks through the quiet Like sunlight through a kitchen spoon [Pre-Chorus] Love is not a perfect line Or a promise never tested It is staying for the hard part And making room for what is honest [Chorus] I choose you in the ordinary In the dishes and the rain In the long way home from work And the questions we explain If tomorrow changes every room I’ll find you where you are Love is built from little yeses Till the little yeses last [Bridge] When your father’s old watch stops And the hallway loses power We will count the minutes softly By the kettle’s patient hour No photograph can hold this No calendar can prove How a life becomes a shelter When I build it here with you [Final Chorus] I choose you in the ordinary Every season, every change When the good news fills the doorway When the week feels hard to face If tomorrow takes us farther I’ll still know you by heart Love is built from little yeses And we’ve already made a start [Outro] Your blue mug by the sink My coat beside your chair A thousand quiet ways to say I’m glad that you are there