Track 4 of the album Soft Launch · 2024
Stopped Clock on the Nightstand
by Veda Monroe
“A dead battery in a clock, and a person who stopped counting. Quiet, a little funny, a little sad.”
r&b · hushed soul · acoustic soul · 3:12
Lyrics
The clock on my nightstand stopped last week Battery's dead, but I don't speak I like it better when the time stands still Your head on my shoulder, the room gone chill No numbers glowing, no morning near Just the soft in the dark and you being here Rain on the window, a blanket for two I'm not counting hours when I'm next to you Let it stay, let it stay Time can wait another day Stopped clock on the nightstand Your hand wrapped inside my hand No tick, no tock, no rush to be Anywhere but here with me Stopped clock on the nightstand Quiet is the sweetest plan Let the hours sleep, let the night go slow Warm is the only place I want to go Phone is face down, the screen is dark Streetlight paints a soft gold arc You hum a melody, half asleep Something I'll remember, something I'll keep Tea gone cold on the window ledge Your breath and mine on the same soft edge Nobody's late, nobody's gone Just a slow, warm song that carries on Let it stay, let it stay Time can wait another day Stopped clock on the nightstand Your hand wrapped inside my hand No tick, no tock, no rush to be Anywhere but here with me Stopped clock on the nightstand Quiet is the sweetest plan Let the hours sleep, let the night go slow Warm is the only place I want to go Don't fix it, don't fix it Let it rest where it fell Some moments are better When you can't tell Stopped clock on the nightstand Your hand wrapped inside my hand No tick, no tock, no rush to be Anywhere but here with me Stopped clock on the nightstand Quiet is the sweetest plan Let the hours sleep, let the night go slow Warm is the only place I want to go Let it stay, let it stay Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight