Songs for Beryl

Verse 1

Midnight catches everyone off guard Sparks are spinning round the yard You come blazing into every room Chasing back the winter gloom

Pre-chorus

Hear the fizz and hear it climb Every year gets brighter every time We are counting down to your name

Chorus

Beryl, light the whole place up Fill every waiting cup Nobody burns quite like you Beryl, we adore you too

Verse 2

Spinning bright behind the glass Nothing ever burns too fast You turn ordinary nights to gold Warmer every year you're told

Chorus

Beryl, light the whole place up Fill every waiting cup Nobody burns quite like you Beryl, we adore you too

Bridge

Let the sparks fall where they may We were made to love this way Nothing dims you, nothing could You were always understood

Chorus

Beryl, light the whole place up Fill every waiting cup Nobody burns quite like you Beryl, we adore you too

Outro

Still the sparks are spinning round That's the way that you were found

Verse 1

Paper hats stacked on the bench Waiting for you to arrive Nobody minds the wind or the damp You make this whole day come alive

Pre-chorus

Somebody grab the drums and the horns Somebody light every candle in sight We've been counting down since this morning

Chorus

Beryl, the room lights up for you Every glass we raise is full Nothing about tonight feels ordinary We're all a little wild for Beryl

Verse 2

You laugh and the whole park leans in Even the pigeons stop to stare Somebody's crown just blew off in the wind And you catch it without a care

Bridge

However far you've come this year However hard the road got real You showed up bright, you showed up here That's the only gift that we feel

Chorus

Beryl, the room lights up for you Every glass we raise is full Nothing about tonight feels ordinary We're all a little wild for Beryl

Outro

Someday those hats will blow clean away But you're the one we'll always want back

Verse 1

Cups go drifting on the water slow and easy, catching sun everybody here around you glad the party's just begun

Pre-chorus

Something in the way you laugh turns the whole room warm and gold we've been waiting all year long

Chorus

Beryl, raise your cup up high let the whole room hear it swell nobody fills a room like Beryl we're glad to know you, glad to tell

Verse 2

Every cup out on that water carries something meant for you all the noise and all the toasting only says what's always true

Chorus

Beryl, raise your cup up high let the whole room hear it swell nobody fills a room like Beryl we're glad to know you, glad to tell

Bridge

However far this year has carried however long the road ahead you're the one we're all here toasting the one worth all the words we've said

Chorus

Beryl, raise your cup up high let the whole room hear it swell nobody fills a room like Beryl we're glad to know you, glad to tell

Outro

Let the cups drift on the water Beryl, this whole day is yours

Verse 1

Our feet are resting in the sand The tide has gone and left us here I feel no hurry, feel no fear With my hand tucked into your hand

Chorus

Beryl, you keep me steady Every doubt in me goes still There is no name I trust like this Beryl, you always will

Verse 2

I forget the cold when you are near Some comfort I cannot explain This quiet holds no trace of pain Just the kind of peace I hold dear

Pre-chorus

I have loved you plainly, loved you slow No grand words, just steady ground Something in me starts to grow

Chorus

Beryl, you keep me steady Every doubt in me goes still There is no name I trust like this Beryl, you always will

Bridge

Let the water take what it will take We are still here when it goes

Chorus

Beryl, you keep me steady Every doubt in me goes still There is no name I trust like this Beryl, you always will

Outro

Our feet still rest here in the sand I would stay if you would stay

Verse 1

Water runs warm over both our hands One plate between us, nothing rare You take the weight before I understand How much I need you standing there

Chorus

Beryl, I would choose this every day Just you and me and something plain Nothing fancy, nothing far away Beryl, quiet love that still remains

Verse 2

Years could stack like dishes in a rack Still I'd reach for you the same Some loves fade the moment they look back Ours just learns to say your name

Pre-chorus

No grand words, no big reveal Just your hand still finding mine Something steady, something real

Chorus

Beryl, I would choose this every day Just you and me and something plain Nothing fancy, nothing far away Beryl, quiet love that still remains

Bridge

Not every love needs to shout to be true Some just rinse clean and stay I found my calm the day I found you Nothing sudden, come what may

Chorus

Beryl, I would choose this every day Just you and me and something plain Nothing fancy, nothing far away Beryl, quiet love that still remains

Outro

The water's cold now, we're still here Both hands on the plate, my dear

Verse 1

You stand so close I forget the cold Steam rising off both our coats I've held bigger nights than this one But none I'd trade for smaller notes

Chorus

Beryl, you're the warmth I lean toward No grand design, no perfect weather Some folks chase a bigger flame Beryl, I just want us close together

Verse 2

Shop light falling soft and yellow Catches you mid laugh, mid word You make the plainest evening golden Say my name, I'm glad I heard

Pre-chorus

I don't need the fireworks kind I need the standing still kind The kind that's building up to say

Chorus

Beryl, you're the warmth I lean toward No grand design, no perfect weather Some folks chase a bigger flame Beryl, I just want us close together

Bridge

Let the whole street empty out Let the last bus leave without us This is worth the waiting for

Chorus

Beryl, you're the warmth I lean toward No grand design, no perfect weather Some folks chase a bigger flame Beryl, I just want us close together

Outro

Two coats steaming, one lamp burning Beryl, that's enough for me

Verse 1

The lace at the window lifts on a breath of midnight air and settles back so slowly, as if it hardly cared but you are held here safer than anything so light tucked warm beneath the folding of the calm and quiet night

Pre-chorus

Somewhere a curtain settles, soft against the sill the whole wide house is breathing, easy, slow and still and every hush is leaning in to say your name

Chorus

Beryl, the night has come to hold you close it's you the quiet loves the most sleep now, Beryl, let the dark be kind peace like this is hard to find

Verse 2

No harm can find its way through such a gentle door the breeze that stirs the lace has walked this room before it only comes to watch you breathing calm and deep and leaves you where you're wanted, safe inside your sleep

Bridge

Nothing in the dark can touch you here every shadow's soft, there's nothing you should fear

Chorus

Beryl, the night has come to hold you close it's you the quiet loves the most sleep now, Beryl, let the dark be kind peace like this is hard to find

Outro

The lace will lift and settle long after you're asleep and you'll be loved as gently as the night is deep

Verse 1

Silver foam is sliding slow across the dark wet stones tonight Nothing in the whole wide world can come and do you harm Every little wave out there is folding soft and out of sight So rest inside the quiet of this warm and steady arm

Chorus

Beryl, close your eyes now, let the tide roll far away You are held so gently, safe till breaking of the day Beryl, hush now, dreaming, nothing here can lead you astray Sleep is just the sea come in to carry you away

Verse 2

The house is settling slowly like the pebbles on the shore Every sound outside is soft and none of it will ever scare There is nothing waiting for you but the morning at the door And till it comes I promise you, there's nowhere safer, nowhere

Pre-chorus

Listen to the hush that's rolling gentle through the night Feel how still the dark can be when everything's alright Let it carry you down slowly to a soft and easy light

Chorus

Beryl, close your eyes now, let the tide roll far away You are held so gently, safe till breaking of the day Beryl, hush now, dreaming, nothing here can lead you astray Sleep is just the sea come in to carry you away

Bridge

No storm has ever found this quiet, sheltered place Only slow and silver water, only calm and steady grace

Chorus

Beryl, close your eyes now, let the tide roll far away You are held so gently, safe till breaking of the day Beryl, hush now, dreaming, nothing here can lead you astray Sleep is just the sea come in to carry you away

Outro

Somewhere the foam still slides across the pebbles, soft and slow And you are loved as surely as the tide will always go

Verse 1

The floorboards creak so softly by the open bedroom door Someone is near you, watching over every breath you take There is nothing in this house that you should wait for Only quiet and the soft sounds that the still night makes

Chorus

Beryl, the whole wide house is holding you tonight Nothing can touch you while you're wrapped this warm and deep Close your eyes now, Beryl, let go of the light The dark is just a blanket meant for you to keep and sleep

Verse 2

Every slow step outside your door is a promise coming near You are the reason the whole house moves so gently and so slow Nothing will come looking for you, there is nothing here to fear Only the sound of someone loving you, low and steady, soft and slow

Pre-chorus

Somewhere a small wooden tune is turning, winding down so sweet Your breathing has grown heavy, matching every quiet beat Let the whole night carry you where sleep and safety meet

Chorus

Beryl, the whole wide house is holding you tonight Nothing can touch you while you're wrapped this warm and deep Close your eyes now, Beryl, let go of the light The dark is just a blanket meant for you to keep and sleep

Bridge

You are the reason this house stays awake so late and still No creak, no hush, no shadow means you any kind of harm Rest now, and let the quiet do exactly what it will Wrapped up so safe and certain in the softness of this calm

Chorus

Beryl, the whole wide house is holding you tonight Nothing can touch you while you're wrapped this warm and deep Close your eyes now, Beryl, let go of the light The dark is just a blanket meant for you to keep and sleep

Outro

The floorboards have gone quiet now beside the open door You are held so gently, you are loved forevermore