Cover Me

(hum) Mmm...
(vocalise) Oh... Oh...
(vocalise) Oh...

Cover me
Cover me when the rain comes sideways
Cover me when my hope gets thin
Cover me with a love that stays awake
Not a wall, but a way back in

I have been brave in a borrowed coat
Smiling with a stone in my throat
When the retrenchment letter found my name
You stood between me and the shame
You put your coat around my doubt and walked the long way out

So tonight, don't ask me to perform
Just be quiet, be the warm
Be the wall

Cover me when the rain comes sideways
Cover me when my hope gets thin
Cover me with a love that stays awake
Not a wall, but a way back in

Hold me near
If I fall apart
Cover me
Cover me
Hold me near — oh
Hold me near — oh
If I fall apart, don't run from the pieces
If I drop my song, hum with me

I don't need saving like a child
I need a witness for the miles
I don't need a fortress made of stone
Just your voice inside the midnight phone
When the thunder practices my fears
Be the blanket over my ears

That coat you gave me
I wore it to the interviews
Nine of them, it still smells

Like your kitchen
Shelter is not a cage
Love is not control
Be the roof
Be the roof but leave the window wide

Cover me
Cover me when my hope gets thin
Cover me
Cover me with a love that stays awake
I start on Monday

Come on in
Cover me
Cover me
Cover me
Cover me
Cover me

Cover me
Cover me
Cover me
Cover me