Let It Be Quiet

Let it be quiet
For a little while

We'd talked enough for everybody at your mother's
You drove the first half, I took over at the turn
You switched the radio off and watched the fields go by
I started asking if there was something I should learn
You put your hand beside mine on the gearshift
Said, Nothing's wrong; I'm just a little tired

Let it be quiet
We don't have to find what's wrong
I can sit beside you with no answer
You can rest without explaining all night long

At home you left your shoes beside the pair I'd kicked off
I stopped rehearsing things I hadn't said
You read a page and turned it back because you'd missed it
I watched the evening settle where the day had been
I had a thought I didn't need to make a sentence
You looked across and smiled before I tried

Let it be quiet
We don't have to find what's wrong
I can sit beside you with no answer
You can rest without explaining all night long

I used to fill the space to make you stay here
Like if I stopped you'd notice you could go
Tonight you reached for me without a reason
There are things I don't have to be told

Let it be quiet
We don't have to find what's wrong
I can sit beside you with no answer
You can rest without explaining all night long

Let it be quiet
You turned another page
I left the last light on beside the sofa
And let the evening stay