Rust on the Gate
Style: Indie folk

[Verse 1]
Small hands on cold wire fencing
Waiting for the bell to ring
You stood there every morning
Already the bravest thing

[Pre-chorus]
Years have turned that gate to rust
But nothing here has faded
We watched you rise up out the dust
Into something we celebrate

[Chorus]
Elin, light the candles now
We are singing loud for you
Elin, we don't need to ask how
You made it through and through

[Verse 2]
Rain still finds that same old railing
Where you used to say goodbye
Every year you kept on sailing
Past the storms that filled the sky

[Pre-chorus]
Years have turned that gate to rust
But nothing here has faded
We watched you rise up out the dust
Into something we celebrate

[Chorus]
Elin, light the candles now
We are singing loud for you
Elin, we don't need to ask how
You made it through and through

[Bridge]
From the playground to right here
You have carried all of us
One more year, one more cheer
One more reason we make a fuss

[Chorus]
Elin, light the candles now
We are singing loud for you
Elin, we don't need to ask how
You made it through and through

[Outro]
Somewhere a gate stands rusting slow
But look how far you've grown

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