As special as a first collaboration can come, TENDER was the album’s first creation with producer, Jonathan Beard, and co-writer, Lilli Grace Barden. Over 90% of the sonic space was built in the first session, and was immediately recognized as the wheelhouse for Paddock’s evolving sound. The intimat...
It's something tender
A new kind of happy
When you catch yourself laughing
In a space that felt scary
Now nothing scares me at all
It's something tender
When the sun feels sweeter than
What I believed in
God, I believed it
Seventeen hours ago
Cover my face
Savor the taste
Latch onto all of this moment
It all goes away
But just for today
Can this last forever?
It's something tender
Like dew in the morning
Like you in my arms when
The light coming through
Is shining all over you
It's something tender
When the common is golden
And the breath I've been holdin
Finally sees the chance to come up from the deep
Cover my face
Savor the taste
Latch onto all of this moment
It all goes away
But just for today
Can this last forever?
Can this last forever?
Cover my face
Savor the taste
Latch onto all of this moment
It all goes away
But just for today
Can this last forever?
TENDER was written by Adam Paddock & Lilli Grace Barden & Jonathan Beard.
TENDER was produced by Jonathan Beard.
Adam Paddock released TENDER on Fri Sep 26 2025.