Songs for Anne

Verse 1

Breath on glass, the window fogs Red light blinking, slow and grand Nobody worried in the back Not with you there, steady hand

Pre-chorus

You made the waiting feel like nothing Turned the traffic into song Now the candles start to gather

Chorus

Anne, the whole room's singing loud Happy to be where you began Every year you draw us closer Nobody lights a room like Anne

Verse 2

Years go by like passing streets Some fast, some slow to plan Still you're the one who calms the car Still the steady, certain Anne

Pre-chorus

You made the waiting feel like nothing Turned the traffic into song Now the candles start to gather

Chorus

Anne, the whole room's singing loud Happy to be where you began Every year you draw us closer Nobody lights a room like Anne

Bridge

Blink of red, then green again That's the shape of every year You're the warmth that never thinned Anne, you're why we're gathered here

Chorus

Anne, the whole room's singing loud Happy to be where you began Every year you draw us closer Nobody lights a room like Anne

Outro

The glass has cleared, the road rolls on Still glad you're here, still glad you're Anne

Verse 1

Water moves slow by the reeds Catching all the drifting debris But you shine past anything ordinary Growing brighter than the world agrees

Pre-chorus

Tonight we turn the volume up Pour a little joy in every cup Because the best of nights is starting

Chorus

Anne, we came here for you Lift the roof, let the whole room Sing until the candles began Nobody parties quite like Anne

Verse 2

Some things just get swept along But you were always built more strong Steady as a hand that never wavers Anne, you carried us this far

Bridge

Clap it loud for one more year Every voice you love is here Whatever drifted, whatever ran We're still standing here for Anne

Chorus

Anne, we came here for you Lift the roof, let the whole room Sing until the candles began Nobody parties quite like Anne

Outro

Let the slow old water go We're the ones still here to glow

Verse 1

Sand comes sideways off the shore Cuts across the old wet stone Pier stands rusted, still it holds That's the way you've always known

Chorus

Anne, you steady every storm Nobody moves you, no, they can't Every year, you're still the plan We're glad it started, Anne

Verse 2

Wind can howl and try its best Never shakes you off your stand Some folks fold, some folks bend You just plant your feet in sand

Pre-chorus

Everybody needs a rock Someone steady, someone true Tonight we're raising ours to you

Chorus

Anne, you steady every storm Nobody moves you, no, they can't Every year, you're still the plan We're glad it started, Anne

Bridge

Blow the candles like the wind blows through Nothing scatters what we feel for you Rusted iron still stands tall You're the finest thing of all

Chorus

Anne, you steady every storm Nobody moves you, no, they can't Every year, you're still the plan We're glad it started, Anne

Outro

Let the sand blow where it will You're the pier that's standing still

Verse 1

The room was loud, I could not hear You caught my eye and leaned in near No words came, just your open hand Somehow that made everything clear

Chorus

Anne, you pass me water like a plan Some quiet thing that no one else can You move through noise and find me still Anne, you steady me more than you understand

Verse 2

Every glass you give feels like a start Small as it is, it says a part Of something bigger you don't say out loud I keep it folded close to my heart

Pre-chorus

I've watched you do this a hundred times Never asking, never needing signs And every time it settles something in me

Chorus

Anne, you pass me water like a plan Some quiet thing that no one else can You move through noise and find me still Anne, you steady me more than you understand

Bridge

Maybe love is just this small A hand that reaches through it all Not the shouting, not the show Just knowing where to go

Chorus

Anne, you pass me water like a plan Some quiet thing that no one else can You move through noise and find me still Anne, you steady me more than you understand

Outro

The room still loud, the glass still full You hand it over, calm and sure

Verse 1

I find your writing on the sleeve A name and date I still believe You kept this one for reasons plain You knew that I would love the same

Chorus

Anne, you turned my whole world round Nothing loud, just something sound I found my footing, found my plan Steady as the day I began with Anne

Verse 2

You hand me records one by one Telling me how each was won You laugh at how you used to be I love that you still let me see

Pre-chorus

Every sleeve holds something true Every one leads back to you There's a feeling I can't outrun

Chorus

Anne, you turned my whole world round Nothing loud, just something sound I found my footing, found my plan Steady as the day I began with Anne

Bridge

No grand gesture, no great plan Just two hands and a cardboard span You made ordinary feel like gold This is how our best songs get told

Chorus

Anne, you turned my whole world round Nothing loud, just something sound I found my footing, found my plan Steady as the day I began with Anne

Outro

Somewhere there's a box of sleeves Holding all that love still gives

Verse 1

We walked out past the gray dunes Kelp all tangled where the wind ran I watched the footprints fade so soon But nothing fades the way I feel, Anne

Chorus

Anne, you steady every plan You're the calm I lean upon Nothing shifting like the sand, Anne Stays the way you do, this long

Verse 2

The tide comes in and takes the trace Smooths it like it never began Still I'd know you anywhere I'd know your walk, I'd know your hand

Pre-chorus

Some things get erased by weather Some things only weather can But I keep finding you again

Chorus

Anne, you steady every plan You're the calm I lean upon Nothing shifting like the sand, Anne Stays the way you do, this long

Bridge

Let the dry kelp knot and drift Let the grey light have the span I don't need the ground to hold me I just need to hold your hand

Chorus

Anne, you steady every plan You're the calm I lean upon Nothing shifting like the sand, Anne Stays the way you do, this long

Outro

Every footprint finds its ending Mine keep walking back to Anne

Verse 1

Down the hall the stripes are painted soft with amber light Something out there watches over you the whole long night Every shadow on the wall is just a friend in grey Nothing in this house would ever let you drift away

Pre-chorus

Hear the hush that settles low across the floor Feel the warmth that waits behind the quiet door Sleep is close now, closer than it's ever been

Chorus

Anne, the night has laid its hand upon your hair Nothing here will touch you, nothing means you harm or care Anne, the lamp still burns a little down the hall Close your eyes now, you're the safest thing of all

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window there's a lamp that never tires It keeps a low and steady watch like far off fires You don't need to know the reason why it stays so true Only that it's shining there because it loves you too

Pre-chorus

Hear the hush that settles low across the floor Feel the warmth that waits behind the quiet door Sleep is close now, closer than it's ever been

Chorus

Anne, the night has laid its hand upon your hair Nothing here will touch you, nothing means you harm or care Anne, the lamp still burns a little down the hall Close your eyes now, you're the safest thing of all

Bridge

You are held here, closer than the quiet knows Loved here longer than the streetlight ever glows

Chorus

Anne, the night has laid its hand upon your hair Nothing here will touch you, nothing means you harm or care Anne, the lamp still burns a little down the hall Close your eyes now, you're the safest thing of all

Outro

Down the hall the light still falls in stripes of gold You are warm, you are loved, you are held, you are told

Verse 1

Watch how the raindrops go sliding along the windowpane Little warm room where the radiator hums its song Nothing tonight is asking you to hurry or explain Close your eyes now, Anne, there is nowhere you belong but here

Pre-chorus

Hear how the click of the heat keeps time with your breath Soft is the dark and it means you no kind of harm Sleep is just quiet, not distant, not anything like leaving

Chorus

Anne, my love, the night has room enough for you Rain runs sideways but you are staying warm and still Nothing outside of this window can touch you now Anne, you are held, and you always, always will

Verse 2

Drops are racing each other down to the wooden sill Somewhere a kettle ticks as it slowly starts to cool You don't have to answer anyone or be anywhere else Just breathe here, easy, safe as anything could ever be

Chorus

Anne, my love, the night has room enough for you Rain runs sideways but you are staying warm and still Nothing outside of this window can touch you now Anne, you are held, and you always, always will

Bridge

Let the glass keep its small and steady weather Let the warmth in this room be the only plan

Chorus

Anne, my love, the night has room enough for you Rain runs sideways but you are staying warm and still Nothing outside of this window can touch you now Anne, you are held, and you always, always will

Outro

Somewhere the last drop slides and settles, quiet, on the sill Sleep now, Anne, held warm as anything could ever be

Verse 1

The fire is low and the room has gone gold and quiet Your woollen fringe rests soft against my knee tonight There's nowhere left to be, no clock left to obey I hold this hour close because you're in it, Anne

Chorus

Anne, the whole wide dark is holding still for you Anne, there's nothing here that means you any harm Sleep can come as slow and easy as it wants You are the warmest thing this quiet house has known, Anne

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window the night is settling its weight The embers breathe a little and then they breathe again I watch the small rise and fall of you beside me And nothing in this world feels half as sure as that

Pre-chorus

Your eyes are getting heavier, and that's alright, that's good Let every worry loosen and slip down like a stone There's only this soft room now, only this and you

Chorus

Anne, the whole wide dark is holding still for you Anne, there's nothing here that means you any harm Sleep can come as slow and easy as it wants You are the warmest thing this quiet house has known, Anne

Bridge

Whatever this day carried, you can set it down I'll keep the watch tonight so you don't have to, Anne

Chorus

Anne, the whole wide dark is holding still for you Anne, there's nothing here that means you any harm Sleep can come as slow and easy as it wants You are the warmest thing this quiet house has known, Anne

Outro

The fire will keep its low glow long after you've gone under Sleep now, Anne, you are held, and you are wanted