Somewhere between the pillow and the dark
Something small and soft begins to come apart
Not the bad kind
Just the kind where edges go
And you can't quite tell
What's you and what's the shadow
Not quite asleep
Not quite here
Floating in the space
Where nothing's very clear
Warm and half-undone
Breathing slow and deep
Not quite awake
Not quite asleep
A sound comes through the window from somewhere down the lane
A door, a voice, a engine note, and then it's gone again
I don't chase it
Let it pass like smoke
Just another soft reminder
That the world's still out there, spoke
Not quite asleep
Not quite here
Floating in the space
Where nothing's very clear
Warm and half-undone
Breathing slow and deep
Not quite awake
Not quite asleep
This is the hour I save for nothing
No one gets in here
Not the list of things undone
Not the low-grade fear
Just the body knowing something
The mind forgot to keep
How to rest inside a moment
Not quite awake
Not quite asleep
The light behind my eyelids shifts from gold to rose to none
I think a thought and lose it before it becomes one
That's alright
Let it go
There'll be other thoughts tomorrow
Right now there's only this
This slow dissolve
This sweet
Surrender
Mmm
Not quite
Not quite
Just this
Just this