Lyrics
[Verse 1] I found your handwriting under a stack of old maps A grocery list folded where the book spine cracked Two lemons, black pepper, something called for twice A little note in the margin: take your time with the rice The shopkeeper said the book had changed three hands From a kitchen near the harbor to a town I never planned I read the careful letters like a message left for me A small forgotten kindness in a recipe [Pre-Chorus] Somebody cared enough to measure every grain Somebody left a door unlocked inside a borrowed page [Chorus] I’ll take my time with the rice Let the ordinary turn out right No need to hurry what can bloom In a quiet room with a little room I’ll take my time, I’ll take my time Let the simple things arrive [Verse 2] There was a stain beside the words for rosemary A crescent from a coffee cup, a year beside the name I wondered if she sang while the water came to boil Or watched the afternoon lean softly on the windowsill I carried that card home beneath my coat Past the closing market and the bicycles in rows Now it rests beside the jar where I keep the tea A stranger’s steady rhythm keeping company [Pre-Chorus] Somebody cared enough to leave the heat down low Somebody knew the best things take a while to show [Chorus] I’ll take my time with the rice Let the ordinary turn out right No need to hurry what can bloom In a quiet room with a little room I’ll take my time, I’ll take my time Let the simple things arrive [Bridge] Maybe every borrowed thing remembers where it’s been The crease, the stain, the softened edge, the fingerprints within And maybe I can add one line before I pass it on A little proof that I was here, a little light before it’s gone [Final Chorus] I’ll take my time with the rice Let the ordinary turn out right No need to hurry what can bloom In a quiet room with a little room I’ll take my time, I’ll take my time Let the simple things arrive I’ll take my time, I’ll take my time And leave a little love behind [Outro] Two lemons, black pepper, something called for twice I close the book and let the evening settle right
