Softly Closer

[Verse 1]
Your collar smells like evening
A little rain
Lipstick on your thumbprint
Saying my name
Your shadow on my bedsheet
Leans into mine
You laugh about forever
Pour one more time
[Chorus]
Come softly closer
Don’t wake the dark
Just trace your promise
Across my heart
Say it so quiet
Only I can know
Stay on my mouth
And don’t let go
[Verse 2]
Your fingers find my pulse line
Slow, out of tune
We talk about the small things
Avoid the moon
You kiss my left shoulder
Say “there, that’s home”
I almost say “I love you”
Then let it roam
[Chorus]
Come softly closer
Don’t wake the dark
Just trace your promise
Across my heart
Say it so quiet
Only I can know
Stay on my mouth
And don’t let go
[Bridge]
Leave all your tomorrows
On that chair
Right now is the only
Thing we wear (mm)
[Chorus]
Come softly closer
Don’t wake the dark
Just trace your promise
Across my heart
Say it so quiet
Only I can know
Stay on my mouth
And don’t let go

jazz, Smoky slow jazz ballad with female vocals, brushed piano voicings, and a warm upright bass in a hush. Tempo is languid and intimate, letting breaths and small pauses carry tension. Verses stay close and conversational; chorus opens with slightly wider chords and subtle background harmonies, like a tiny club at closing time. Reverb is short and velvety, spotlighting every sigh and consonant., romantic, minimal, ballad, slow, breathy