Songs for Amina

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up on the table Bags beside them, three in a row Somebody wrapped these just for you We could not wait to let you know

Pre-chorus

Count the candles, make a wish Feel the room lean into this Here it comes, so catch your breath

Chorus

Amina, open up the first one Amina, we've been counting down Nobody fills a room like you do Wearing your favourite colour, brown

Verse 2

One bag holds your favourite sweater One holds something bright and new We argued over what to get you Nothing felt quite big as you

Pre-chorus

Count the candles, make a wish Feel the room lean into this Here it comes, so catch your breath

Chorus

Amina, open up the first one Amina, we've been counting down Nobody fills a room like you do Wearing your favourite colour, brown

Bridge

Every year we pile it higher Every year you laugh the same Blow it out and make your wish now Nothing here will be the same

Chorus

Amina, open up the first one Amina, we've been counting down Nobody fills a room like you do Wearing your favourite colour, brown

Outro

Boxes empty on the table Still the fullest room we've known

Verse 1

Flour flying, hands all sticky someone shouting, light the twelve you laugh loudest, quick and cheeky joy like yours we love to shelve

Pre-chorus

Grab a partner, spin around feel the fiddle, feel the beat something's building, something's found

Chorus

Amina, come and take a bow nobody fills a room like Amina raise your glass and take it now we came here just to see you, Amina

Verse 2

You blow candles, wax runs sideways counter's dusted, sweet and warm every year you find new highways dragging all of us from storm

Bridge

Stomp your boots and clap it loud we're not leaving, not just yet you're the reason for this crowd

Chorus

Amina, come and take a bow nobody fills a room like Amina raise your glass and take it now we came here just to see you, Amina

Outro

Flour settles, candles fading still we're here, still celebrating

Verse 1

Under that tube light flickering gold You made the dullest night feel like gold Machines were spinning, tired and slow But you gave the whole room glow

Pre-chorus

Something in you always shines through Even where the light is thin So let it build, let it grow

Chorus

Amina, turn the whole room round Nobody lights it up like you Every year you're still the sound That makes this tired old world feel new

Verse 2

Drums keep tumbling, round and round You keep dancing on that ground Plastic spinning, neon hum You're the reason we all come

Chorus

Amina, turn the whole room round Nobody lights it up like you Every year you're still the sound That makes this tired old world feel new

Bridge

Blow the candles, watch them glow Just like that light we used to know Flickering, but never out That's what your kind of shine's about

Chorus

Amina, turn the whole room round Nobody lights it up like you Every year you're still the sound That makes this tired old world feel new

Outro

That tube light still flickers on Still burning bright long after dawn

Verse 1

The kitchen's loud, the party's full Everybody's talking over the steam I reach behind the kettle for you And find your hand like it's a dream

Chorus

Amina, you're the calm in the crowd Every hand in the room but yours goes quiet Amina, say my name out loud I'd know your touch in any riot

Verse 2

Nobody sees us behind the steam Just your fingers finding mine You don't have to say a thing I read it all in one small sign

Pre-chorus

The kettle clicks, the room moves on But we're still standing where we stood I don't want this moment gone

Chorus

Amina, you're the calm in the crowd Every hand in the room but yours goes quiet Amina, say my name out loud I'd know your touch in any riot

Bridge

Let the party spin without us We don't need the noise to prove it Just your hand and just my trust Nothing loud has ever moved it

Chorus

Amina, you're the calm in the crowd Every hand in the room but yours goes quiet Amina, say my name out loud I'd know your touch in any riot

Outro

Someday the kettle will be cold But your hand will still be mine to hold

Verse 1

Window fogged up, grey outside Wool socks warm against your side I forget the whole wide world When you laugh with your hair curled

Chorus

Amina, you steady my chest No performance, just rest Amina, plain as the rain Simple love, never plain

Verse 2

Coffee going cold on the sill Neither one of us moves still You trace shapes onto the glass Time slows down, lets us pass

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is dressed up or new Just a room, and just you But my heart still leans in tight

Chorus

Amina, you steady my chest No performance, just rest Amina, plain as the rain Simple love, never plain

Bridge

Some loves shout, some loves shine Ours just sits here, yours and mine Quiet as the drip on the pane Constant as the coming rain

Chorus

Amina, you steady my chest No performance, just rest Amina, plain as the rain Simple love, never plain

Outro

Socks still warm, glass gone clear I would choose this every year

Verse 1

I drop one coin in the slot and I already know the way every platform leads back to you however far I stray

Chorus

Amina, you're the ticket home the only stop that's true Marina lights don't shine as steady as I shine for you, Amina

Verse 2

Trains keep leaving without me I let the whole line go I'd rather stand here loving you than anywhere else I know

Pre-chorus

The board keeps changing platforms but my mind won't change its mind I'm still counting on you

Chorus

Amina, you're the ticket home the only stop that's true Marina lights don't shine as steady as I shine for you, Amina

Bridge

No grand gesture, just one coin just a name I say like prayer quiet love that keeps arriving steady as a station clock

Chorus

Amina, you're the ticket home the only stop that's true Marina lights don't shine as steady as I shine for you, Amina

Outro

I'll keep the coin, I'll keep the platform I'll keep on choosing you

Verse 1

Somewhere behind a door the brass clock keeps its slow time and every gentle swing was only made to match this rhyme the whole wide house breathes soft around your sleepy little head while all my quiet love is folded warm around your bed

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the ticking hums a tune so low and true the night is only here to wrap its arms round you so let your eyes grow heavy as the dark leans in to stay

Chorus

Amina, close your eyes, the dark is soft and kind tonight hold onto nothing but the warm and fading light Amina, you are held by every hour that ticks past this love was built to last long after clocks go quiet at last

Verse 2

The pendulum swings slower now, as if it learned to wait matching how your little breaths grow calm and settle straight nothing in this room will move to wake you or to fright you are the softest thing that ever slept this deep at night

Chorus

Amina, close your eyes, the dark is soft and kind tonight hold onto nothing but the warm and fading light Amina, you are held by every hour that ticks past this love was built to last long after clocks go quiet at last

Bridge

Even when the house falls still and every light is low I am here beside the door to watch you as you go further into dreaming, further into peaceful rest

Chorus

Amina, close your eyes, the dark is soft and kind tonight hold onto nothing but the warm and fading light Amina, you are held by every hour that ticks past this love was built to last long after clocks go quiet at last

Outro

Somewhere the brass still swings behind that quiet closing door and I will keep on loving you a little more

Verse 1

The wool has slipped from the arm of the chair while it rocks but nothing tonight will ever let you fall I'll pull it back over slow and warm, the way I always do because you are the softest thing of all

Chorus

Amina, close your eyes now, let the evening hold you tight you are worth more than every star that's shining Rest here in the quiet where nothing needs to fight Amina, I am here and I am staying

Verse 2

The rocking chair keeps swaying though my hands have gone still and somewhere past the window the wind is calling I will keep you closer than any blanket ever could safe from every shadow softly falling

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let your breathing find the slowest, gentlest tide let the day dissolve like sugar into sleep There is nowhere safer than this moment we're inside

Chorus

Amina, close your eyes now, let the evening hold you tight you are worth more than every star that's shining Rest here in the quiet where nothing needs to fight Amina, I am here and I am staying

Bridge

However far you wander when the morning comes again you will carry this small warmth inside you No dark can ever touch the place where you have always been loved

Chorus

Amina, close your eyes now, let the evening hold you tight you are worth more than every star that's shining Rest here in the quiet where nothing needs to fight Amina, I am here and I am staying

Outro

The blanket settles softly as the rocking slows to rest and you are held here, warm, and safe, and blessed

Verse 1

A narrow line of light falls gold across the floor tonight It waits beside your bed until your breathing settles slow Nothing in this room will move before the morning's light Everything is quiet now and quiet's all you need to know

Pre-chorus

The house is folding softly into shadows and warm air Every little sound outside has settled somewhere far away Close your eyes, there's nothing waiting for you but my care

Chorus

Sleep now, Amina, the light stays on for you Nothing in the dark tonight can find its way to you Rest your head, Amina, let the whole wide world go too There's nowhere I would rather be than watching over you

Verse 2

The hallway hums a quiet gold that spills beneath the door It's not the dark that matters here, it's who is standing near You don't need every corner lit to feel safe anymore Just one small thread of light to know that someone's here

Chorus

Sleep now, Amina, the light stays on for you Nothing in the dark tonight can find its way to you Rest your head, Amina, let the whole wide world go too There's nowhere I would rather be than watching over you

Bridge

Let your small hands finally uncurl and rest Let the whole day empty out of you like breath There is nothing you must carry now, nothing to prove Only sleep, only stillness, only you

Chorus

Sleep now, Amina, the light stays on for you Nothing in the dark tonight can find its way to you Rest your head, Amina, let the whole wide world go too There's nowhere I would rather be than watching over you

Outro

The light still waits along the floor in one long golden line Sleep now, it will still be there when morning comes to find you