Be Late With Me

(Nothing that's ours was ever rushed)
Be late with me
(be late)

Take your time
(take it)
Take your time

Dress is zipped and the shoes by the door
Keys in my hand but I'm not going far
Group chat lighting up like a Christmas tree
Where are you, where are you, come get me
You lean on the frame with your sleeves rolled twice
Say the party can wait, say it won't be nice
I say you're a bad influence, you say that's right
Then you take my keys and you turn off the light
Perfume in the hallway, a heel in your hand
You're the only plan I never planned
The sitter text a picture of the sleeping kid
The night is a gift and we don't need to rush it
My mother used to say the best things arrive
When nobody's watching the clock and the clock goes quiet outside

Everybody's counting down to nine
We don't have to be on time
Everybody's counting down to nine
Let the clock go blind

Be late with me, be late with me
Let the clock go blind

Be late with me, be late with me
(Let the party start without us)
Be late with me, be late with me
(Nothing that's ours was ever rushed)
Be late with me
(be late)

Take your time
(take it)
Take your time

Take your time
(take it)
Take your time
(take it)
Be late, be late
(be late with me)

Ten missed calls and a host with a grudge
Fries on the car hood, a river to judge
Streetlight yellow on your ear, on your hair
Somebody's dancing to our song, we're not there
Your feet on the dashboard, your head on my arm
Phone face down so it can't do us harm
Seven o'clock turned to nine turned to ten
You said we'll arrive when the night begins again
A man with a cart sells us roasted corn
We eat it with the radio turned down warm
Your laugh on the glass makes a little fog
We write our names in it, then we write the dog

Everybody's counting down to nine
We don't have to be on time
Everybody's counting down to nine
Let the clock go blind

Be late with me, be late with me
(Let the party start without us)
Be late with me, be late with me
(Nothing that's ours was ever rushed)
Be late with me
(Let the party start without us)
Be late with me, be late with me
(Nothing that's ours was ever rushed)
Be late with me
(be late)

Take your time
(take it)
Take your time

Take your time
(take it)
Be late, be late
(be late with me)

Be late with me
Be late with me
Be late with me

Nobody ever remembers who came on time
They remember who left with the stars on their mind
The host will live, the cake will keep
The river's still moving and so are we, so are we
Say it low, say it slow
Be late with me, let's go
We'll walk in at the end like a movie's last scene
Everybody says where were you, we say in between

Be late with me, be late with me
(Let the party start without us)
Be late with me, be late with me
(Nothing that's ours was ever rushed)
Be late with me
(be late)
(be late with me, be late)

Take your time
(take it)
Be late, be late
(be late with me)

Be late with me
Be late with me
Be late with me

Be late with me, be late with me
(Let the party start without us)
Be late with me, be late with me
(Nothing that's ours was ever rushed)
Be late with me

Be late with me
Be late with me
Be late with [End]