Lyrics
[Verse 1] The bookshop opens by the harbor wall Pages turn softly when the gulls call You choose a story with a faded blue spine I trace the title, you say, “Take your time” [Pre-Chorus] A small brass bell, a wooden floor Your careful footsteps cross the door [Chorus] Stay for a chapter, stay for the rain Let the old stories loosen every chain No grand promise, no need to explain Just your hand finding mine again [Verse 2] A map falls open to a southern coast A penciled note says, “Return when you’re close” You read it twice, then look up and smile As if we’ve known this place all the while [Pre-Chorus] The afternoon turns gold and slow There’s somewhere else we ought to go [Chorus] Stay for a chapter, stay for the rain Let the old stories loosen every chain No grand promise, no need to explain Just your hand finding mine again [Bridge] When the shutters close and the boats drift out We’ll carry the quiet we found hereabout Two folded tickets, a borrowed pen A door left open, and we’ll meet again [Chorus] Stay for a chapter, stay for the rain Let the old stories loosen every chain No grand promise, no need to explain Just your hand finding mine again [Outro] By the harbor wall, the last page turns A little light in the window burns You wave once as the evening begins And the whole wide world lets us back in
