Songs for Bertram

Verse 1

Grab a cup and stamp your feet Concrete tiles under the beat Napkins folding in the breeze We came up here just for these

Chorus

Bertram, Bertram, light of the night Everybody clap and hold on tight Bertram, raise your cup up high We are so glad you're alive

Verse 2

You laugh loud and you laugh true Every song tonight's for you Nobody fills a room like this You turn strangers into friends with a wink

Pre-chorus

Feel that stomping in the floor Feel the love come through the door One more chorus, give us more

Chorus

Bertram, Bertram, light of the night Everybody clap and hold on tight Bertram, raise your cup up high We are so glad you're alive

Bridge

Cups get knocked and roll around Nobody minds the clattering sound Tonight the whole sky's on your side

Chorus

Bertram, Bertram, light of the night Everybody clap and hold on tight Bertram, raise your cup up high We are so glad you're alive

Outro

Napkins scatter, the night runs thin Bertram, glad you let us in

Verse 1

You walk in like the neon's yours Every drum starts spinning faster Soap and light against the glass You turn midnight into applause

Pre-chorus

Something's building in the machines Something bright behind the scenes Count it down, get ready for

Chorus

Bertram, this whole room's for you Bertram, watch what soap can do Every bubble knows your name We're shouting louder than we planned to

Verse 2

You laugh and the whole place hums Coins keep falling, count to something Nobody else could light a launderette You make the quiet come undone

Pre-chorus

Something's building in the machines Something bright behind the scenes Count it down, get ready for

Chorus

Bertram, this whole room's for you Bertram, watch what soap can do Every bubble knows your name We're shouting louder than we planned to

Bridge

Stay right here till the drums slow down We're not leaving, not just yet Another year and you're still the reason This whole place forgets the time

Chorus

Bertram, this whole room's for you Bertram, watch what soap can do Every bubble knows your name We're shouting louder than we planned to

Outro

The lights spin down but you're still glowing Bertram, that's the night we're keeping

Verse 1

Streetlights catch the steamy glass Yellow gold on every pane Something in tonight feels warm Something says you're not the same

Pre-chorus

You warm up every room you're in No matter what the weather's like So let the whole street hear us now

Chorus

Happy birthday, Bertram, shine Light us up like tram to tram Nobody lifts a room like you Not one soul, not a single sham

Verse 2

Coffee cups and window light Can't hold a candle to your glow You're the warmest thing in view And that's the only thing I know

Chorus

Happy birthday, Bertram, shine Light us up like tram to tram Nobody lifts a room like you Not one soul, not a single sham

Bridge

Blow the candles, make it loud We're clapping for no other man Every year you're worth the fuss Stand up tall and take your bow, Bertram

Chorus

Happy birthday, Bertram, shine Light us up like tram to tram Nobody lifts a room like you Not one soul, not a single sham

Outro

Streetlights fade but you don't dim Glowing on, however far

Verse 1

I stopped between the cars with you Rain had made the tarmac blue Bags grew heavy in my hand But I was in no rush to land

Chorus

Bertram, you make the waiting sweet Bertram, slow down my feet No place I'd rather stand and stall Than right here, loving you through it all

Verse 2

The porch light waited, far and warm But you were shelter from the storm I let the groceries touch the ground Just to keep you standing round

Pre-chorus

Something in the way you grinned Told me this was not the end Told me we had just begun

Chorus

Bertram, you make the waiting sweet Bertram, slow down my feet No place I'd rather stand and stall Than right here, loving you through it all

Bridge

Let the bread get wet and cold I've got something worth more, to hold Every plain and ordinary night Turns to something when you're in my sight

Chorus

Bertram, you make the waiting sweet Bertram, slow down my feet No place I'd rather stand and stall Than right here, loving you through it all

Outro

Still the tarmac shines with rain But I'd stand there once again

Verse 1

I turn the screen down on the wood The light goes dark, the way it should Nothing out there matters more You're the only thing I'd keep if I could

Pre-chorus

No message means as much as this No sound could match your breathing near So before I say it with a kiss

Chorus

Bertram, you're the calm I found Every noise fades to a hush around Nothing pulls my eyes from you Bertram, you're the sweetest sound

Verse 2

The world keeps buzzing, far and small I let it ring against the wall You're the one thing I don't miss Everything else can wait, or fall

Pre-chorus

No message means as much as this No sound could match your breathing near So before I say it with a kiss

Chorus

Bertram, you're the calm I found Every noise fades to a hush around Nothing pulls my eyes from you Bertram, you're the sweetest sound

Bridge

Let the whole world dim and wait I chose this quiet, chose this weight You beside me, nothing planned Just your hand inside my hand

Chorus

Bertram, you're the calm I found Every noise fades to a hush around Nothing pulls my eyes from you Bertram, you're the sweetest sound

Outro

The screen stays dark upon the wood You're still here, and that's so good

Verse 1

Streetlamp catches us standing still Our shadows stretch out long and thin You take my hand like it's no big deal That's how I know you let me in

Pre-chorus

No need to shout it, no need for show Just the quiet way you stay Something is building, and I want you to know

Chorus

Bertram, you're the calm I choose Every single night the same Nothing about you I would lose Bertram, I still say your name

Verse 2

Years could pass or none at all You'd still be steady, still be true Some folks wait for a curtain call I just want another year with you

Bridge

Light will fade and shadows go But I'm not moving from this spot Whatever comes, I want you to know You are the thing I chose, and never forgot

Chorus

Bertram, you're the calm I choose Every single night the same Nothing about you I would lose Bertram, I still say your name

Outro

Streetlamp's dimming, we don't mind Two shadows, still the same design

Verse 1

Heavy drops are sliding down the glass so slow tonight Sliding past the brick wall standing dark and still outside You are wrapped up warmer than the softest fading light Nothing out beyond that glass can touch you, none can hide

Chorus

Bertram, close your eyes now, let the quiet carry you Every drop that falls tonight is falling soft for you Bertram, you are held here, safe in all we say and do Rest inside this moment, it was always meant for you

Verse 2

Wind may knock politely at the corner of the pane Brick may hold the coldness that the evening brings again You are curled up cosy while the sky lets loose its rain Sleep will come and find you like an old familiar friend

Pre-chorus

Somewhere past that window all the world is turning grey Here the lamp is golden and it's chasing dark away Let the hush come nearer, there is nothing left to say

Chorus

Bertram, close your eyes now, let the quiet carry you Every drop that falls tonight is falling soft for you Bertram, you are held here, safe in all we say and do Rest inside this moment, it was always meant for you

Bridge

Nothing in the falling rain was ever built to harm You are folded gently in the deepest kind of calm

Chorus

Bertram, close your eyes now, let the quiet carry you Every drop that falls tonight is falling soft for you Bertram, you are held here, safe in all we say and do Rest inside this moment, it was always meant for you

Outro

Let the rain keep sliding gently down the darkened glass Sleep now, you are certain, you will always be this cared for

Verse 1

The curtain lifts and falls against the white painted sill Breathing slow with the night, so quiet and so still Somewhere past the glass the whole wide world turns down its light And you are held here safe, exactly where you're meant to be until

Pre-chorus

The candle dims to gold and the hush begins to grow Every worry of the day has somewhere soft to go So let your small hands rest and let your eyelids follow slow

Chorus

Bertram, the night is only love wrapped round in grey Nothing can reach you here before the break of day You are the calm at the centre of it all Bertram, sleep easy, let the dark be kind and stay

Verse 2

The cotton stirs so lightly like a breath let halfway out Nothing in this room has any reason left for doubt Every shadow on the wall is only shadow, nothing more And you are wrapped in warmth that folds around you round about

Chorus

Bertram, the night is only love wrapped round in grey Nothing can reach you here before the break of day You are the calm at the centre of it all Bertram, sleep easy, let the dark be kind and stay

Bridge

Rest now, there is nowhere else you need to be No hurry in this hour, no clock, no far to go Just this soft and steady dark holding you close to me And a quiet kind of love that only wants you slow

Chorus

Bertram, the night is only love wrapped round in grey Nothing can reach you here before the break of day You are the calm at the centre of it all Bertram, sleep easy, let the dark be kind and stay

Outro

The curtain settles still against the white painted sill Sleep now, little one, the whole night's yours to fill

Verse 1

Grey feathers brush the branch outside your open window soft as the hush that settles low and lets the light go Nothing tonight can find its way in past the sill the whole wide dark is folding down to hold you still

Pre-chorus

The house breathes slow, the lamp burns low and gold every small worry has been gently told to fold and sleep is coming closer now, warm hand in hand

Chorus

Bertram, the night has nothing sharp to give you only this quiet, only how much we live for you Bertram, close your eyes against the dim you are the warmest thing this house has ever seen

Verse 2

Somewhere a wing settles on the cold and waiting wood and you are here where every soft thing understood The window stays open just to let the calm night in not a single thing out there could touch your skin

Pre-chorus

The house breathes slow, the lamp burns low and gold every small worry has been gently told to fold and sleep is coming closer now, warm hand in hand

Chorus

Bertram, the night has nothing sharp to give you only this quiet, only how much we live for you Bertram, close your eyes against the dim you are the warmest thing this house has ever seen

Bridge

Let the branch outside go still, the feathers settle too there is nothing in this whole wide dark but love for you

Chorus

Bertram, the night has nothing sharp to give you only this quiet, only how much we live for you Bertram, close your eyes against the dim you are the warmest thing this house has ever seen

Outro

The feathers rest, the branch is still against the pane and you sleep on, held safe, and warm, and named