Line Still Open
Style: Jazz standard

[Verse 1]
I set the receiver down soft
not ready to let the night end
you're somewhere still on the other side
and I'm not hanging up, my friend

[Chorus]
Arthur, you steady me like nothing else can
hold me the way that the quiet air does
Arthur, I'd know your voice in any room
because it always was, and always was

[Verse 2]
The table holds the phone like a secret
something warm still humming through the wire
you laugh and it travels clean across the dark
lighting up a small and steady fire

[Pre-chorus]
I could talk till the morning finds us
let the silence hold what words can't carry
every pause is just you, still there

[Chorus]
Arthur, you steady me like nothing else can
hold me the way that the quiet air does
Arthur, I'd know your voice in any room
because it always was, and always was

[Bridge]
No need to fill the space between us
some nights the quiet says it clearer
you're still the voice I choose to answer
and every year somehow feels nearer

[Chorus]
Arthur, you steady me like nothing else can
hold me the way that the quiet air does
Arthur, I'd know your voice in any room
because it always was, and always was

[Outro]
The phone still rests there in the dark
but Arthur, you're the light I keep

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