Let It Take Its Time

[Verse 1]
I’m leaning by the corner store
With one hand wrapped around my coat
A paper cup goes cold beside me
The afternoon is moving slow

No need to solve the week right now
No need to make the minutes pay
A car can turn up when it turns up
I get this quiet either way

[Pre-Chorus]
The bench is warm from someone else
A sparrow picks at crumbs below
I watch the clouds rearrange themselves
And let the waiting be enough

[Chorus]
Let it take its time, let it take its time
I’ve got nowhere I have to be tonight
Let the engine hum somewhere down the line
For a little while, this stillness is mine

[Verse 2]
A woman laughs into her phone
A dog pulls hard against its lead
The traffic folds around the block
Like water finding where to be

I used to fill the empty space
With lists of things I’d failed to do
But now I hear the leaves turn over
And feel the day come back in view

[Pre-Chorus]
The sign keeps blinking open, closed
The light changes twice, then changes slow
I breathe beneath the ordinary
And let the waiting be enough

[Chorus]
Let it take its time, let it take its time
I’ve got nowhere I have to be tonight
Let the engine hum somewhere down the line
For a little while, this stillness is mine

[Bridge]
If the ride is late, I’ll stay here
If the ride is late, I’ll stay here
There’s a blue cup rolling in the gutter
There’s a gold thread caught in the weather
And I don’t have to chase it
I don’t have to name it
I can meet the world exactly where it is

[Final Chorus]
Let it take its time, let it take its time
Now the whole wide evening is opening its eyes
Let the engine hum somewhere down the line
I was looking for a way out, found a little peace of mind

Let it take its time, let it take its time
When the headlights turn, I’ll wave and climb inside
But until that moment, this stillness is mine
A small and steady mercy at the edge of the night

[Outro]
Let it take its time
I’ll be right here
Let it take its time
The road can wait a little longer