The Metronome

Tick
Tock
Take your time
(Steady as a rock)

I see the way you flinch when I reach out my hand
Like you’re waiting for a storm I never planned
I know the last one left a bitter taste
I know he turned your quiet garden into waste
But I am not the shadow standing in your hall
I am not the angry writing on the wall
I’m just a man who’ll sit beside the room
And wait with you until the flowers bloom

So I will be the metronome
Steady as a heartbeat, bringing you home
I won’t rush the tempo, I won’t force the rhyme
I will love you in your own sweet time
Tick, tock, steady as a rock
I’m not going anywhere, I’m not gonna walk
I will be the metronome for you

Tick, tock
Steady as a rock
Take your time
I’m right here
Tick, tock
Steady as a rock
I’m not going anywhere

You apologize when you haven’t even sinned
You bend like a willow in a restless wind
You think you have to earn the right to stay
You think that love is just a debt to pay
But you don’t owe me perfect, you don’t owe me light
You don’t have to smile just to make it right
You can bring the whole truth, shaken to the bone
I will meet you there and not leave you alone

And I will be the metronome
Steady as a heartbeat, bringing you home
I won’t rush the tempo, I won’t force the rhyme
I will love you in your own sweet time
Tick, tock, steady as a rock
I’m not going anywhere, I’m not gonna walk
I will be the metronome for you

Tick, tock
Steady as a rock
Take your time
I’m right here
Tick, tock
Steady as a rock
I’m not going anywhere

Healing takes a road that only you can choose
I will match your rhythm, I will not make you move
If you need to step backward, I will step back too
I will keep the time while you make it through
No clock on your sorrow
No deadline on pain
We can sit in the quiet
Till you breathe again

I will be the metronome
Steady as a heartbeat, bringing you home
I won’t rush the tempo, I won’t force the rhyme
I will love you in your own sweet time
Tick, tock, steady as a rock
I’m not going anywhere, I’m not gonna walk
I will be the metronome for you

I will be the metronome
Steady as a heartbeat, bringing you home
I won’t rush the tempo, I won’t force the rhyme
I will love you in your own sweet time
Tick, tock, steady as a rock
I’m not going anywhere, I’m not gonna walk
I will be the metronome for you

Tick
Tock
Take your time
Steady as a rock
I’m right here
Tick
Tock
Love in your own sweet time
Tick
Tock
I’m right