Where I Keep It Warm

The kettle hums on the blue flame stove
Your heavy sweater on the floor
Rain is beating on the windowpane
We locked the world outside the door

Bare feet curled into the worn-out rug
You trace the circle on my wrist
The clock is ticking in the empty hall
Counting every breath we missed

Underneath the quiet sparks
Where the dark begins to yield
Every scar I tried to hide
Is an open battlefield
Hold me close until it breaks
Whisper down the heavy storm
In a world that turns to ice
You are where I keep it warm

A single cup between our colder hands
Steam rising up into the grey
You never asked me for an easy life
Just a reason here to stay

Underneath the quiet sparks
Where the dark begins to yield
Every scar I tried to hide
Is an open battlefield
Hold me close until it breaks
Whisper down the heavy storm
In a world that turns to ice
You are where I keep it warm

I was running out of faith
I was running out of skin
Every lock I ever built
You just walked right back within

Underneath the quiet sparks
Where the dark begins to yield
Every scar I tried to hide
Is an open battlefield
Hold me close until it breaks
Whisper down the heavy storm
In a world that turns to ice
You are where I keep it warm

Where I keep it warm
Right against the bone
No more running in the dark
Never again alone