Stay A Little Longer
Driveway Music
Driveway Music
Stay a Little Longer
The song that grew out of the quiet at the end of The Car in the Driveway, Part Two.
The Invitation
What if nothing had to happen next?
The Car in the Driveway, Part Two ends in the few minutes before you go back inside. This song stays there a little longer — without asking the quiet to fix anything.
How this became a song
The Car in the Driveway, Part Two ends in a place I did not want to rush out of.
The engine is off. The house is still there. Everything waiting on the other side of the door will still be there in a minute.
What if the quiet did not have to prepare you for anything?
That was the space the song came from.
Not an answer. Not a lesson. Not a promise that a few quiet minutes will make the rest of the day easier.
Just somewhere to stay before going back.
There's only one problem.
I can't sing.
So this is Stay a Little Longer — or at least what it might sound like if I could.
Lyrics
Read the lyrics
Verse 1
You made it all the way here
Past the noise, past the day
Past the part where most people
Would have already turned away
You don’t have to say anything
You don’t have to make it make sense
You can leave the questions where they are
And just be here for a minute
Pre-Chorus
Let your shoulders fall
Let the room go still
Nothing here is asking you
For anything
Chorus
Stay a little longer
You don’t have to rush away
The world will still be waiting
When you’re ready for the day
Stay a little longer
Let the breathing settle in
There’s nothing left to finish
Nothing you have to begin
Just stay
A little longer
Verse 2
Maybe you came here tired
Maybe you needed room
Maybe something in these minutes
Made a little space for you
You’ve been carrying enough today
You don’t have to carry this too
No answer waiting at the end
No lesson I need from you
Pre-Chorus
Let the silence hold
What you don’t have words for yet
You don’t have to take it with you
When you leave
Chorus
Stay a little longer
You don’t have to rush away
The world will still be waiting
When you’re ready for the day
Stay a little longer
Let the breathing settle in
There’s nothing left to finish
Nothing you have to begin
Just stay
A little longer
Bridge
Just because you stayed
Just because you listened
Just because you made it here
That can be enough
No promises
No grand design
Just this room
And a little more time
Breakdown
Breathe in
Let it go
Breathe in
Let it go
You can stay here
You can stay here
Final Chorus
Stay a little longer
Before you go back out
Let the quiet stay around you
Let it soften all the sound
Stay a little longer
You don’t have to be anywhere
For another little moment
You can simply be right here
Just stay
A little longer
Outro
You stayed this long
I’ll stay here too.
Where It Started
The Car in the Driveway, Part Two
Stay a Little Longer grew directly out of the ending of The Car in the Driveway, Part Two — a return to the few minutes after you arrive, when the engine is off and nothing has to be asked of you yet.
The essay ends by opening into the song. They belong together: one asks you not to rush back, and the other stays with you for a little longer.
Listen to The Car in the Driveway, Part Two →Letters