Small Reprieves

Low lamp, amber stain Steam silver on the pane You don’t ask me for a name You just make a little space Chair drawn near the heat Coat eased from my sleeve Hand warm between my shoulders Coat eased from my sleeve Hand warm between my shoulders And the room begins to breathe For a minute I don’t brace I just feel The shift in place Small reprieves Small reprieves In the kitchen light In the cooling steam In the hand that finds my sleeve When the day runs over me Not enough To heal everything Still enough To soften it Small reprieves Small reprieves In the breath returning slow In the room turned kind again Cup warm in my hands Rain thinning on the glass You laugh low in the doorway And the pull lets go a little fast The ache is still the ache The hour still the same But it doesn’t fill the whole of me It doesn’t take my name For a minute It goes weak Not forgiven Just released Small reprieves Small reprieves In the kitchen light In the cooling steam In the hand that finds my sleeve When the day runs over me Not enough To heal everything Still enough To soften it Small reprieves Small reprieves In the breath returning slow In the room turned kind again Stay near Stay plain Don’t make more Of what remains I won’t I’m here I won’t I’m here The night Still leans But not the way It leaned on me No cure No grand release Just these small reprieves Small reprieves Small reprieves In the kitchen light In the cooling steam In the hand that finds my sleeve When the day runs over me Not enough To heal everything Still enough To soften it Small reprieves Small reprieves In the breath returning slow In the room turned kind again In the room turned kind again kind again In the room turned kind again kind ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creative Credits Artist: Christopher Tharby (Second Voice North) Composition & Concept Development: Christopher Tharby x ChatGPT AI Music Engine: SUNO (Pro) Mix / Mastering Guidance: Assisted via ChatGPT prompts Visual Direction: Christopher Tharby AI Use Disclosure This song was created with the assistance of AI tools: SUNO (music generation) and ChatGPT (songwriting & production guidance). All prompts, direction, and final creative decisions are by the artist, Christopher Tharby. Copyright © 2025 Christopher Tharby / Second Voice North. All rights reserved. Music created using SUNO’s AI music engine (Pro plan) with original prompts, lyrics, and concepts by Christopher Tharby, developed in collaboration with ChatGPT. #SecondVoiceNorth#ChrisAndSam#OriginalMusic#IndieRock#IndieArtist #CanadianArtist#LyricVideo