Some of my nerdy friends kept quoting this one line - "stay awhile and listen" - and it just stuck. So I built a whole song around that vibe: banjo brr-brr-brr, cello answering, and this male voice dropping the hook while I float on top. It’s my tiny protest against skip-culture: put your phone down, breathe, let the track finish. Stay awhile and listen with me, yeah? 💜 Tarja Lyrics: the street runs fast, but here we’re slow. take a seat, set the phone down low. let wood and string say what they know. we light a small fire. let it glow. i count to four and clear the air; you close your eyes, i will be there. put down the world and breathe. just listen. let every note ring out to its end. give me your time and i’ll give mine. stay awhile and listen. let the story open like a friend. likes run by like sparks in rain. music is a table, not a game. sit here with me, i’ll pour the tune. hold on the note. leave room. slow down your breath, count one to four; hear the floor, not just the score. put down the world and breathe. just listen. let quiet light the corners of the room. stay awhile and listen. tarja will sing. you let it bloom. this isn’t background. this is a heart. if you stay, the tender parts start. stay awhile and listen. put down the world and breathe. just listen. let every line arrive in its time. hold the silence till it shines. stay awhile and listen. sit with me now. make this moment mine.
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