Keep a Place for the Morning

[Verse 1]
The forecast keeps changing above the county line
Your hands are cold around a paper cup of tea
The bridge is out, the river's climbed the roadside signs
Still you saved the last dry match for me

[Pre-Chorus]
We can't see the far bank
We can see each other here

[Chorus]
When the road disappears, take my hand
When the map turns to water, we'll stand
One small step, then another one through
Hope is the thing we can do
When the whole sky is heavy and wide
Keep a place for the morning inside
No promise, no proof, just a thread pulling through
Hope is the thing we can do

[Verse 2]
The radio repeats a warning from the hill
A yellow kitchen clock forgets to move
You fold the note your mother left beside the sill
And say, “She'd tell us there's a way to prove”

[Pre-Chorus]
We can't name the next turn
We can keep the kettle on

[Chorus]
When the road disappears, take my hand
When the map turns to water, we'll stand
One small step, then another one through
Hope is the thing we can do
When the whole sky is heavy and wide
Keep a place for the morning inside
No promise, no proof, just a thread pulling through
Hope is the thing we can do

[Bridge]
If the signal fades, I'll say your name
If the stairs give way, we'll climb again
Not because we know how this will end
Because you are here, because I'm here

[Final Chorus]
When the road disappears, take my hand
When the map turns to water, we'll stand
One small step, then another one through
Hope is the thing we can do
Though the whole sky is heavy and wide
We keep a place for the morning inside
No promise, no proof, but the thread pulls us through
Hope is the thing we can do

[Outro]
The kettle clicks; the rain lets up
We share the last warm cup