Songs for Aspen

Verse 1

Rain keeps tapping on the glass Parcels sliding in the back Nobody minds the weather Not when you're riding past

Chorus

Aspen, light the whole room up Every year you fill our cup Something good is always happenin' Aspen, we won't ever get enough

Verse 2

Every candle knows your name Every year we feel the same Warmer with you near us You're the reason we came

Pre-chorus

Feel the beat start to deepen Watch the joy start to steepen We've been waiting all night for

Chorus

Aspen, light the whole room up Every year you fill our cup Something good is always happenin' Aspen, we won't ever get enough

Bridge

Nothing here could keep us from you No door shut, no weapon We just want to dance around you Glad you're the one we're happenin' on

Chorus

Aspen, light the whole room up Every year you fill our cup Something good is always happenin' Aspen, we won't ever get enough

Outro

Let the rain keep tapping on We're glad you're here, Aspen

Verse 1

Cold outside and frost is falling Footprints trailing on the floor We came in from the winter You were standing by the door

Pre-chorus

Every year the candles gather Every year the room gets warm Something's building, something's happening

Chorus

Aspen, look what love can do Aspen, watch the whole room turn This day was always meant for you Twice a year like this don't happen

Verse 2

Cake behind the glass is waiting Sweeter than it's ever been Nothing here could match your shining Brightest thing that we have seen

Chorus

Aspen, look what love can do Aspen, watch the whole room turn This day was always meant for you Twice a year like this don't happen

Bridge

However far this year has taken you However long the road, however steepen We're glad you're here, we're glad you made it Glad the world made room for Aspen

Chorus

Aspen, look what love can do Aspen, watch the whole room turn This day was always meant for you Twice a year like this don't happen

Outro

Footprints fading on the floor now Warm enough to melt the frost

Verse 1

Paper plates blow across the grass The hose lies coiled and left undone Nobody's chasing what won't last We're only chasing you, the fun

Chorus

Aspen, light the candles now Another year has found its way Something in this yard runs deeper Every time we say your name today

Verse 2

The wind won't wait for us to pose We let it take what it can take You laugh the loudest, no one knows How much this whole day's for your sake

Pre-chorus

So raise your cup before it spills Somebody's got the candles lit The whole room's leaning toward you now

Chorus

Aspen, light the candles now Another year has found its way Something in this yard runs deeper Every time we say your name today

Bridge

We didn't plan this mess of joy It just kept coming, wild and true Whatever this day breaks or builds We're only glad it's landed here on you

Chorus

Aspen, light the candles now Another year has found its way Something in this yard runs deeper Every time we say your name today

Outro

The plates will settle in the grass We'll still be here, still glad you came

Verse 1

I stood where the wet steps turn watching what the branches let fall and something in me settled there knowing you're the one thing I don't spurn

Pre-chorus

Seasons come and try to take you every year they think they can but I'm not letting go, Aspen

Chorus

Aspen, you stay when the leaves don't you hold on when the rest won't funny how the quiet ones remain Aspen, I love the way you won't

Verse 2

Some things fall and some things deepen I've watched you do the second kind you never needed noise to prove it you just stayed while the light kept steepen'

Bridge

Let the branches empty out let the whole world lose its leaves I'll still know exactly where you are that's the only thing I need

Chorus

Aspen, you stay when the leaves don't you hold on when the rest won't funny how the quiet ones remain Aspen, I love the way you won't

Outro

Come spring the steps will dry out clean but I'll still remember what stayed green

Verse 1

Iron railings gone to rust two cups cooling on the bench still I feel you next to me closer than the cold could wrench

Pre-chorus

Nothing fancy in this town just your hand and this old seat but my heart won't settle down

Chorus

Aspen, you're the reason I stay every ordinary day something in you makes it deepen and I won't be looking away

Verse 2

Paint is peeling off the rail paper cups have gone all cold but you laugh the same as ever worth more to me than gold

Bridge

Let the whole world rust around us I don't need it shining new long as I can sit right here talking quiet next to you

Chorus

Aspen, you're the reason I stay every ordinary day something in you makes it deepen and I won't be looking away

Outro

Leave the cups there on the bench you're the one I'm keeping

Verse 1

Under lights that buzz and hum I found the thing my heart was after You were choosing which soup to buy And somehow that became my laughter

Pre-chorus

I wasn't looking for anything grand No thunder, no big plan Just you, and how the moment could deepen

Chorus

Aspen, you make the ordinary hum Aspen, you turn a Tuesday into something Every plain thing starts to happen When you're near, the quiet starts to deepen

Verse 2

Trolleys squeak like a broken song But I don't mind, I sing along You reach for the shelf up high I watch you like you're the reason why

Pre-chorus

I wasn't looking for anything grand No thunder, no big plan Just you, and how the moment could deepen

Chorus

Aspen, you make the ordinary hum Aspen, you turn a Tuesday into something Every plain thing starts to happen When you're near, the quiet starts to deepen

Bridge

No candlelight, no fancy show Just fluorescent glow and you, and I know This is the love that doesn't flatten It only grows, it only happens

Chorus

Aspen, you make the ordinary hum Aspen, you turn a Tuesday into something Every plain thing starts to happen When you're near, the quiet starts to deepen

Outro

Still under lights that hum and stay I'd choose this aisle with you, any day

Verse 1

Somewhere the water is folding soft under the dark and nobody needs to be anywhere else but here You are the light I keep watching for on that shore small as the foam, and to me you are always clear

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, the tide has nowhere to be let every worry go drifting away with the foam and settle deeper as the dark starts to deepen

Chorus

Aspen, the night is only holding you near nothing can reach you, nothing can touch what won't happen Sleep now, my Aspen, safe as the shore in the dark warm as the glow on the water, soft as it's happen

Verse 2

Far off a light is glowing faint on the pebbles patient the way that love can wait through the dark You breathe so slow, like waves that finally settle and I could watch you forever, quiet, and calm

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, the tide has nowhere to be let every worry go drifting away with the foam and settle deeper as the dark starts to deepen

Chorus

Aspen, the night is only holding you near nothing can reach you, nothing can touch what won't happen Sleep now, my Aspen, safe as the shore in the dark warm as the glow on the water, soft as it's happen

Bridge

Nothing will hurry you, nothing will wake you too soon only the hush of the water, only the calm Rest, little one, while the dark holds so gently steady as tides that will never once harm

Chorus

Aspen, the night is only holding you near nothing can reach you, nothing can touch what won't happen Sleep now, my Aspen, safe as the shore in the dark warm as the glow on the water, soft as it's happen

Outro

Somewhere the foam still glows soft on the stones and here you sleep on, safe as the shore, safe as home

Verse 1

A little gold light spills under the door tonight Painting soft shapes on the carpet by your bed Nothing can reach you while you're held so tight There's a whole quiet world wrapped around your head

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the day go still The house is breathing slow and soft and low Sleep is coming gentle, coming when you will

Chorus

Aspen, the light is watching over you Steady as a heartbeat, warm as summer's glow Nothing in the dark can ever trouble you Aspen, my darling, it's time to let go slow

Verse 2

The shadows on the carpet only mean to play They dance a little while then settle down to rest Every worry from the day can drift away You are the softest thing and you are truly blessed

Chorus

Aspen, the light is watching over you Steady as a heartbeat, warm as summer's glow Nothing in the dark can ever trouble you Aspen, my darling, it's time to let go slow

Bridge

Hush now, the whole night leans in close to guard you Every star above has learned your name by heart

Chorus

Aspen, the light is watching over you Steady as a heartbeat, warm as summer's glow Nothing in the dark can ever trouble you Aspen, my darling, it's time to let go slow

Outro

The gold light still spills soft beneath the door Sleep now, you are loved, and you are so much more

Verse 1

A thin white beam slips through the blue cotton sheets tonight Quiet as breath, and gentle as the softest kind of light It moves so slow across the room to find where you lie Like it was sent to watch you while the hours drift by

Pre-chorus

Every shadow in this room has learned to hold you kind Nothing here will hurry you or rush your sleepy mind So let the light keep drifting low while your eyes start to close

Chorus

Aspen, the whole wide dark leans down to keep you warm Nothing can reach you here, nothing can bring you harm Aspen, you're held so close the night can barely move There's nowhere safer built than this soft and sleepy groove

Verse 2

The cotton folds around you like a wave that learned to rest Holding you the way the tide holds shells against its chest No sound but breathing, slow and even, filling up the room While that pale beam settles gently in the gathering gloom

Bridge

Sleep can be a small light, steady, learning how to stay Just enough to see you're safe until the break of day

Chorus

Aspen, the whole wide dark leans down to keep you warm Nothing can reach you here, nothing can bring you harm Aspen, you're held so close the night can barely move There's nowhere safer built than this soft and sleepy groove

Outro

That beam will still be waiting when the morning comes to call Long after sleep has folded you the softest way of all