Come a Little Closer

Verse 1

Come a little closer

Verse 2

Let the night decide

Verse 3

Ooh-ooh

Verse 4

Silk upon the sand

I trace the map of you

Every doorway opens slow

Moon above the dune

Honey on my tongue

Say my name in two languages

Pre-Chorus

Hold the line, hold the line

(hold the line)

Don't you move, don't you move

(don't you move)

Something old, something deep

(something deep)

Waking up inside of me

Chorus

Ya habibi, come and find me

Where the oud begins to ache

Ya habibi, wrap around me

Like a river I can't break

Every shadow knows my shape

Every shadow knows my shape

Post-Chorus

La-la-la, la-la-la

(la-la-la)

Ya habibi, ya habibi

(ya habibi)

La-la-la, la-la-la

(la-la-la)

Verse 5

Incense on the stairs

Curling like a question

I don't answer, I just wait

Bangles on my wrist

Singing when I turn

Tell me what you think you heard

Pre-Chorus

Hold the line, hold the line

(hold the line)

Don't you move, don't you move

(don't you move)

Something old, something deep

(something deep)

Waking up inside of me

Chorus

Ya habibi, come and find me

Where the oud begins to ache

Ya habibi, wrap around me

Like a river I can't break

Every shadow knows my shape

Every shadow knows my shape

Bridge

If the dawn arrives too soon

(I'll be gone)

If the drums forget the tune

(I'll be gone)

But tonight I'm all your gold

All your gold, all your gold

Breakdown

Slow it down, slow it down

(slow it down)

Let it sink beneath the skin

(sink beneath)

Slow it down, slow it down

(slow it down)

Let me in, let me in

Chorus

Ya habibi, come and find me

Where the oud begins to ache

Ya habibi, wrap around me

Like a river I can't break

Every shadow knows my shape

Every shadow knows my shape

Post-Chorus

La-la-la, la-la-la

(la-la-la)

Ya habibi, ya habibi

(ya habibi)

La-la-la, la-la-la

(la-la-la)

Instrumental Break

Oud Interlude

Verse 6

You found the door I left unlatched

Candle wax across the tile

Kohl around my eyes has bled

Into something like a smile

Tar against the rooftops

Wind that tastes like cardamom

You say forever, I say maybe

Either way we're going home

Pre-Chorus

Say it low, say it low

(say it low)

Let it bend, let it bend

(let it bend)

Something older than the smoke

(something old)

Turning over in my chest

Chorus

Ya habibi, stay the morning

Where the strings forget to fade

Ya habibi, hold me softly

Like a debt I never paid

Every shadow knows my shape

Every shadow knows my shape

Post-Chorus

La-la-la, la-la-la

(la-la-la)

Ya habibi, ya habibi

(ya habibi)

La-la-la, la-la-la

(la-la-la)

Verse 7

Gold runs down the stairwell

Somebody's cousin singing low

The oud is strung with something older

Than the language that I know

Drum against the marble

Half a heartbeat out of time

You kiss the hollow of my throat

And call it yours, and call it mine

Pre-Chorus

Hold the line, hold the line

(hold the line)

Don't you move, don't you move

(don't you move)

Something old, something deep

(something deep)

Waking up inside of me

Chorus

Ya habibi, come and find me

Where the oud begins to ache

Ya habibi, wrap around me

Like a river I can't break

Every shadow knows my shape

Every shadow knows my shape

Drop

Ya habibi, ya habibi

(ya habibi)

Ya habibi, ya habibi

(ya habibi)

Fall into me, fall into me

(fall into me)

Ya habibi, ya habibi

(ya habibi)

Verse 8

Bass beneath the courtyard

Shaking dust off of the vines

Somewhere in the second hour

I stop counting what is mine

You're a language I was born in

I'm a coast you never named

Every door you close behind you

Opens up the same

Bridge

If the sun comes up on us

(come on us)

If the city wakes and turns

(and turns)

I'll be writing on your shoulder

What the morning never learns

What the morning never learns

Breakdown

Slower now, slower now

(slower now)

Let the rhythm come apart

(come apart)

Slower now, slower now

(slower now)

Find the pulse inside the dark

Instrumental Break

Oud Solo

Verse 9

Ash and amber on my palms

Half a promise, half a prayer

You're the reason I don't leave

You're the reason I don't stay

Tell me something no one knows

Tell it to me anyway

I will carry it like water

I will spill it either way

Pre-Chorus

Pull me down, pull me down

(pull me down)

Don't be kind, don't be kind

(don't be kind)

Something older than the drums

(something old)

Turning over in my mind

Chorus

Ya habibi, come and find me

Where the oud begins to ache

Ya habibi, wrap around me

Like a river I can't break

Every shadow knows my shape

Every shadow knows my shape

Post-Chorus

La-la-la, la-la-la

(la-la-la)

Ya habibi, ya habibi

(ya habibi)

La-la-la, la-la-la

(la-la-la)

Chorus

Ya habibi, stay until the

Last of all the lanterns die

Ya habibi, hold me softly

Like a secret in July

Every shadow knows my shape

Every shadow knows my shape

Outro

Come a little closer

Let the night decide

Ooh-ooh

(ya habibi)

Ooh-ooh

(ya habibi)

Ooh-ooh