Slow Down the Aisle
Style: Irish air

[Verse 1]
Wheels turning slow across the lino
Past boxes stacked in tidy rows
I know that walk, I'd know it anywhere
You make the ordinary feel chosen

[Chorus]
Archibald, you steady me down
Nothing here has ever enthralled
Like the way you hum without thinking
Archibald, I'm glad that you're mine, not on loan

[Verse 2]
You read the labels like they matter
Take your time, never rushed or called
I could watch you choose tinned tomatoes
And find it more than enough somehow

[Pre-chorus]
There's no music here, no lights, no crowd
Just trolley wheels and your voice, unhurried and soft
And still my whole chest goes

[Chorus]
Archibald, you steady me down
Nothing here has ever enthralled
Like the way you hum without thinking
Archibald, I'm glad that you're mine, not on loan

[Bridge]
I don't need the grand or the gold
Just this aisle, just this pace, just you
Some loves get installed like fixtures
Mine just walks beside me, plain and true

[Chorus]
Archibald, you steady me down
Nothing here has ever enthralled
Like the way you hum without thinking
Archibald, I'm glad that you're mine, not on loan

[Outro]
Still the wheels roll slow past the boxes
Still I'd choose this aisle, choose you, every time

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