Songs for Alan

Verse 1

Dusk falls soft on the fairground lights Rusted box still spinning round Colours blur into one bright hum You're the best thing that we found

Pre-chorus

Every ticket in that drum Every colour, every one Feels like it was leading here

Chorus

Alan, Alan, spin it slow You're the prize we're dreaming of Every ticket, every glow Alan, Alan, you're the one we love

Verse 2

Nobody ever picked so well When they pulled your number out You turned up loud and full of light Gave this tired old box some clout

Chorus

Alan, Alan, spin it slow You're the prize we're dreaming of Every ticket, every glow Alan, Alan, you're the one we love

Bridge

Doesn't matter what year it reads We would spin a thousand times Just to land on you again

Chorus

Alan, Alan, spin it slow You're the prize we're dreaming of Every ticket, every glow Alan, Alan, you're the one we love

Outro

Box still turning as the light goes down You were always the one we found

Verse 1

Stout glasses left out on the table No one clears them while they're able Too busy laughing, too busy loud You're the reason we're this crowd

Pre-chorus

Something in the room feels bigger Every joke lands, every trigger Tonight we're building to your name

Chorus

Alan, Alan, raise it high Here's to you, the reason why Alan, pour another round Best noise that this town's ever found

Verse 2

Candles waiting, someone's counting Laughter keeps on climbing, mounting You just grin and wave it down Still the brightest thing in town

Bridge

We could talk all night about you Every story somehow true Here's to the years still coming through

Chorus

Alan, Alan, raise it high Here's to you, the reason why Alan, pour another round Best noise that this town's ever found

Outro

Glasses empty, table sticky Every toast tonight was for Alan

Verse 1

I packed this box up tight for you Flour dust still on my hands Tied the string in a double knot So nothing loose ever lands

Chorus

Alan, Alan, cut the string Pull the bow, let it fall This whole day belongs to you Alan, best of them all

Verse 2

I hid this box for a week Behind the coats in the hall Couldn't wait to see your face When you finally heard it call

Pre-chorus

Now the candles won't stay lit We keep singing anyway There's a box still in your hands

Chorus

Alan, Alan, cut the string Pull the bow, let it fall This whole day belongs to you Alan, best of them all

Bridge

Every knot I tied was love Every fold was mine to give Whatever's waiting when it's loose Is just a shadow of how we live

Chorus

Alan, Alan, cut the string Pull the bow, let it fall This whole day belongs to you Alan, best of them all

Outro

Flour still stuck to the tape Happy birthday, Alan, today

Verse 1

Rain drips off the black canvas rim Steady as a hymn I watch it fall and think of you Every beat is slow and grim

Pre-chorus

You never made a show of staying Just stood there while the sky was greying Now I can't find the words I'm saying

Chorus

Alan, you're the one I lean on Quiet as the rain that's gone Nothing fancy, nothing sold Just you, Alan, worth more than gold

Verse 2

The cover holds the water back Keeps the worst off of my track You do that without a word Some love shouts, yours moves like Alan

Chorus

Alan, you're the one I lean on Quiet as the rain that's gone Nothing fancy, nothing sold Just you, Alan, worth more than gold

Bridge

Some folks need the loud and bright I just need you home tonight Take your hand and hold on tight

Chorus

Alan, you're the one I lean on Quiet as the rain that's gone Nothing fancy, nothing sold Just you, Alan, worth more than gold

Outro

The rain still drips off canvas edges I'm still glad you're mine to hold

Verse 1

Grease soaks through the bag we carry Two wooden forks knock and rattle You hand me one without a word Nothing here has ever felt like battle

Pre-chorus

Nothing fancy, nothing planned out loud Just the sound of us walking home And I feel it building, wanting out

Chorus

Alan, you're the one I choose again Every plain and ordinary day Something in you steadies me, Alan You make the quiet feel okay

Verse 2

We split the last of it in silence You give me more than your fair share Some people love with grand gestures You just make sure that I got there

Bridge

No candles, no big speech to give Just forks that clatter, hands that reach This is how I know it's real

Chorus

Alan, you're the one I choose again Every plain and ordinary day Something in you steadies me, Alan You make the quiet feel okay

Outro

Fold the bag up, put it down This is the love that stays around

Verse 1

Light falls slow between the shelves Dust hangs like it's got no plan I stopped reaching for a book Because I saw you there, Alan

Pre-chorus

You don't ask to be the reason Never asked to stop my breath But here I am, still standing

Chorus

Alan, you're the quiet in the room Nobody else could ever fill Been looking half my whole life Alan, I was looking for you still

Verse 2

You hum something with no name Turn a page like you've got time Every small thing that you do Somehow lands on me like rhyme

Bridge

I don't need the whole shelf lit Just the corner where you stand One small patch of gold on you Is worth more than I ever planned

Chorus

Alan, you're the quiet in the room Nobody else could ever fill Been looking half my whole life Alan, I was looking for you still

Outro

Dust is still moving where you stood Alan, I'm in no rush to leave

Verse 1

Somewhere a tap is letting its water fall slow counting the seconds so quiet and small and every drop that lands says you are held here safe in the hush where the evening drapes its shawl

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the ticking house grow still feel how the dark holds nothing you should fear and drift on the sound that carries you toward

Chorus

Alan, the night has folded soft around you warm as a hand that never lets you fall nothing can touch you, nothing here will find you Alan, I'm here through all of it, through all

Verse 2

The drop falls again, so gentle, so unhurried like your own breath easing into its rest you are the calm at the centre of this stillness the quiet thing that I love the very best

Chorus

Alan, the night has folded soft around you warm as a hand that never lets you fall nothing can touch you, nothing here will find you Alan, I'm here through all of it, through all

Bridge

Rest now, let the world grow far and small you are so loved you barely have to try sleep is a river carrying you gently under a soft and watching lullaby

Chorus

Alan, the night has folded soft around you warm as a hand that never lets you fall nothing can touch you, nothing here will find you Alan, I'm here through all of it, through all

Outro

Somewhere that tap still falls, slow and unhurried and you sleep on, held safe till morning comes

Verse 1

Somewhere a light turns slow above the water sweeping the dark for a son or a daughter and the fog rolls thick where the tide is calling but nothing can touch you, my quiet Alan

Pre-chorus

The night can be wide and the fog can be deep but you are held closer than the world is asleep so let your eyes close where the warm light will stay

Chorus

Alan, Alan, the beam finds its way turning so gentle at the end of the day Wherever it wanders, it circles home again and so does my love for you, Alan

Verse 2

The fog cannot follow you into your dreaming it thins where you rest, soft and gleaming and every slow turn of that far distant light is only the dark saying goodnight

Chorus

Alan, Alan, the beam finds its way turning so gentle at the end of the day Wherever it wanders, it circles home again and so does my love for you, Alan

Bridge

Rest now, the water is still and unhurried nothing out there in the mist need be worried You are the harbour that light travels for

Chorus

Alan, Alan, the beam finds its way turning so gentle at the end of the day Wherever it wanders, it circles home again and so does my love for you, Alan

Outro

Let the fog keep its secrets, let the tide keep turning you are the still point where the light stops yearning

Verse 1

The oar has come to rest across the damp grey floor tonight No river left to cross, no distant shore to find Every worry of the day can loosen now and settle out of sight Close your eyes, my love, and leave the whole wide world behind

Chorus

Alan, Alan, the water's calm and still Sleep is drifting soft and slow across the windowsill Alan, Alan, let the quiet fill your chest Nothing in this world can touch you now, so rest

Verse 2

The house breathes slow around you like a tide that's turned for home No current pulling farther than the edge of this small bed Wrapped in warmth that no dark hour could ever hope to comb away Every soft thing in this room is leaning toward your sleepy head

Pre-chorus

Somewhere the wind is letting go of everything it carried far Somewhere the night is folding down as gentle as a sigh And here you're held so close and safe beneath the same small star

Chorus

Alan, Alan, the water's calm and still Sleep is drifting soft and slow across the windowsill Alan, Alan, let the quiet fill your chest Nothing in this world can touch you now, so rest

Bridge

You don't need to hold on tight to anything tonight Just let the dark be soft and let your breathing find its way

Chorus

Alan, Alan, the water's calm and still Sleep is drifting soft and slow across the windowsill Alan, Alan, let the quiet fill your chest Nothing in this world can touch you now, so rest

Outro

The oar can rest, the journey's done, the floor is calm and grey You are held, you are loved, and morning's just a breath away