Love Songs for Alina

• Slowly Dry

  Synth ballad · Synth · Eighties · Wide

  A quiet synth ballad about how love stays visible even after the moment has passed, built from the image of footprints fading on an empty shore.

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  Verse 1

  I walked out early, half awake Still I felt you everywhere I stood The tide came in and took the day But some things don't wash off for good

  Pre-chorus

  I try to hold what won't stay still Try to keep the warmth before it's gone But you were never mine to hold

  Chorus

  Alina, you're the mark that stays Long after the water's had its turn Some love fades like the evening sun And some love, Alina, just won't burn

  Verse 2

  You left before the light came up Careful not to wake me from the dream But I felt you leaving all the same Soft as sand gives under anything

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  I try to hold what won't stay still Try to keep the warmth before it's gone But you were never mine to hold

  Chorus

  Alina, you're the mark that stays Long after the water's had its turn Some love fades like the evening sun And some love, Alina, just won't burn

  Bridge

  Maybe nothing lasts the way we plan Maybe that was never really true Still I'd walk that shore a hundred times Just to find the proof that I loved you

  Chorus

  Alina, you're the mark that stays Long after the water's had its turn Some love fades like the evening sun And some love, Alina, just won't burn

  Outro

  The tide comes in, the tide goes out I'm still standing where you used to be

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• Rust and Still Standing

  Soul waltz · Soul · Organ · Swaying

  A steady soul waltz about a love that has weathered its share of storms and held anyway, built around the image of old iron bolts still holding a grey pier together.

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  Verse 1

  The bolts along the pier have rusted but the planks are holding fine I watched you weather your own storms and never once quit on the line

  Chorus

  Alina, you hold like old iron steady through wind and through weather I've seen what tries to wear you down Alina, we're still here together

  Verse 2

  Some mornings the water's rough and the whole pier seems to lean but you keep standing at the edge calm as I've ever seen

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  I don't need the sea to be gentle I just need to know you're near so let the tide keep coming

  Chorus

  Alina, you hold like old iron steady through wind and through weather I've seen what tries to wear you down Alina, we're still here together

  Bridge

  Every bolt out there has a story of salt and years and strain but nothing built to last is easy and nothing easy stays

  Chorus

  Alina, you hold like old iron steady through wind and through weather I've seen what tries to wear you down Alina, we're still here together

  Outro

  The pier still stands after all this weather and so, my love, do we

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• Down to the Last Drop

  Motown ballad · Motown · Strings · Classic

  A quiet, plain-spoken love song built from the small ritual of washing up together, for a love that is steady rather than showy: new, old, or somewhere between.

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  Verse 1

  Water spins and empties out Same old sink, same old spout I forget what we're washing off You just laugh, that's often enough

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing here is much to see Just the two of us and me But watching you, I start to believe

  Chorus

  Alina, you're the calm in my chest Steady hands hold up the rest No grand plans, no wide arena Just this life with you, Alina

  Verse 2

  Bubbles catch the kitchen light You hum something not quite right I don't know the tune you're in But I could listen till the end

  Bridge

  Some loves shout from a stage Ours just turns another page No subpoena, no big scene Just you and me and in between

  Chorus

  Alina, you're the calm in my chest Steady hands hold up the rest No grand plans, no wide arena Just this life with you, Alina

  Outro

  The water's gone, the sink runs clear Still glad you're standing here

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