Bottom Step
Style: Acoustic soul

[Verse 1]
One mug sitting on the step
cold now, but it held you fine
I left it there on purpose
proof that you were here, and mine

[Chorus]
Eli, you don't have to try so hard
this love already knows you well
it doesn't need you shining
Eli, it just needs you here to tell

[Verse 2]
Some days you come home tired
barely say a single word
that's the day I love you clearest
more than any day that's stirred

[Pre-chorus]
I've watched you in the ordinary light
seen you when there's nothing to prove
and something in me settles

[Chorus]
Eli, you don't have to try so hard
this love already knows you well
it doesn't need you shining
Eli, it just needs you here to tell

[Bridge]
Not the loud kind, not the fast kind
just the kind that stays and waits
the mug still on the concrete
long after both our plates

[Chorus]
Eli, you don't have to try so hard
this love already knows you well
it doesn't need you shining
Eli, it just needs you here to tell

[Outro]
I'll leave the mug out on the step
however long it takes you home

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