It All Comes Down To This

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© North Wind Mus
It All Comes Down to This
Verse 1
I don’t think anyone knows
How quiet a house can be
With the TV talking to no one
And your scared eyes just staring at me
There’s a clock on the wall above the hall
Doing what clocks were made to do
Moving forward without reprieve
While I’m learning how to be for you
Pre-Chorus
Maybe this is what that promise meant
Not the day we said it — what came next
Chorus
It all comes down to this, right now
These trembling hands, this faithful house, somehow
I’ve been living my whole life just to love you like this
It all comes down to this: stay near
When the names let go and disappear
I’ve been living my whole life just to love you like this
Verse 2
Last night I dreamed we missed our turn
And drove straight to Jamestown
You were laughing like the girl I knew
At something only we could see
I woke before the morning light
Found you standing in the hall
Asking softly where the kids were
Underneath the clock on the wall
Bridge
No choir sings
No crowd applauds
Just your breathing in the darkness
And this heart still saying yes to you
Final Chorus
It all comes down to this, right now
No words can help us now.
Only the life we built still living in this place
It all comes down to this, stay near
If you leave before I do from here
I’ll spend what’s left of me still loving you
Outro
There’s a clock on the wall
And I can’t teach it kindness
© 2026 Bob Dawber