Songs for Bethany

Verse 1

Paper plates stacked in a tower Someone forgot the sliced white bread You laugh and call it your finest hour Turning nothing into a feast instead

Pre-chorus

We didn't plan this party right But somehow it all came true Because the whole room turns to light

Chorus

Bethany, Bethany, look what you started A kitchen table, a crown of tin foil Nobody here wants to be departed You're the reason this day doesn't spoil

Verse 2

Candles wobble, the icing's crooked Somebody's cousin took the last cake You grin like it's already booked As the best mess that we'll ever make

Bridge

However loud this kitchen gets However far the candles drip You're the one nobody forgets The warmth we didn't want to skip

Chorus

Bethany, Bethany, look what you started A kitchen table, a crown of tin foil Nobody here wants to be departed You're the reason this day doesn't spoil

Outro

Stack the plates, however they lean You're still the best thing we've seen

Verse 1

Coats stacked high upon the chair dust hangs gold in evening air the mirror holds this house together and still it's you we see in there

Pre-chorus

Every year that dust comes back every year the hallway's packed but tonight we're turning up the light for

Chorus

Bethany, get up and dance give this room a little chance you're the best kind of company Bethany, this is your song

Verse 2

Somebody left their scarf again hanging where the light gets thin doesn't stop us seeing clearly you're the one that we let in

Chorus

Bethany, get up and dance give this room a little chance you're the best kind of company Bethany, this is your song

Bridge

Blow the dust right off the glass watch the whole room turn to face you nobody here wants tonight to pass we just want a little longer to celebrate you

Chorus

Bethany, get up and dance give this room a little chance you're the best kind of company Bethany, this is your song

Outro

Someday someone finds that mirror sees you shining, standing clearer

Verse 1

Yellow lights above the door Drums are spinning on the floor Something ordinary turns to gold When you walk in, the night takes hold

Pre-chorus

Every year you get much brighter Every room feels so much lighter So let the horns come crashing in

Chorus

Bethany, you're one in many Bethany, worth more than any penny Anthony would stop and stare Happy birthday, you're a rare

Verse 2

Machines are thumping through the wall You laugh and light up through it all Ordinary turns to memory When you're the one that we all see

Pre-chorus

Every year you get much brighter Every room feels so much lighter So let the horns come crashing in

Chorus

Bethany, you're one in many Bethany, worth more than any penny Anthony would stop and stare Happy birthday, you're a rare

Bridge

No tyranny could dim your shine No hard year could break your line We're raising every cup we've got For everything that you have brought

Chorus

Bethany, you're one in many Bethany, worth more than any penny Anthony would stop and stare Happy birthday, you're a rare

Outro

Neon still hums beneath the wall We're glad you're here, above it all

Verse 1

Wet road humming under the wheels Dashboard glowing soft and green Nobody else awake but us You make the silence feel like company

Pre-chorus

I keep both hands steady on the wheel But my mind keeps drifting to your face I'm driving straight into how I feel

Chorus

Bethany, you're the calm in me Every mile just proves my destiny You're not asking to be chosen I choose you again, Bethany

Verse 2

Miles keep sliding by unnoticed Your head resting soft against the glass I'd drive till morning if you asked me Just to keep this feeling as it lasts

Bridge

No map could get me here No song explain it clean You're the one thing I hold clear Through this tired green machine

Chorus

Bethany, you're the calm in me Every mile just proves my destiny You're not asking to be chosen I choose you again, Bethany

Outro

Dashboard light still glowing green You're still the best thing I have seen

Verse 1

I left two coins up on the pole just to see if luck would hold and I thought of you in the rain how you make the waiting plain

Pre-chorus

You never asked for shelter never needed the applause just stood there with me quietly

Chorus

Bethany, you're my steady bet the safest thing I ever met through every storm and every penny I would choose you, Bethany

Verse 2

Buses came and buses went every fare we could have spent but you stayed just to watch it pour and that meant more than coins or more

Bridge

No grand design, no company just this small, wet destiny and somehow that was everything

Chorus

Bethany, you're my steady bet the safest thing I ever met through every storm and every penny I would choose you, Bethany

Outro

Those coins are probably still up there proof that we chose to stay

Verse 1

Steam is thick on the glass I wipe a circle to see Just an ordinary morning But you're right here next to me

Chorus

Bethany, you steady me No grand plan, no big scheme Just the way that you love me Bethany, it's like a dream

Verse 2

Toothpaste spat in the basin Nothing special, nothing new Every plain and simple moment Turns to gold when I'm with you

Pre-chorus

I don't need the world to shift I just need this quiet kind Of love that keeps on giving

Chorus

Bethany, you steady me No grand plan, no big scheme Just the way that you love me Bethany, it's like a dream

Bridge

Some folks chase the fireworks bright I'll take this soft and steady light You don't have to try so hard You already hold my heart

Chorus

Bethany, you steady me No grand plan, no big scheme Just the way that you love me Bethany, it's like a dream

Outro

The mirror's clear now, I can see You're all that matters here to me

Verse 1

A strip of yellow light falls softly through the door Spilling out so gently on the quiet corridor floor No need to wonder what the darkness has in store You are held here safely, you don't need any more

Chorus

Bethany, the night is only kindness in disguise Rest now, let the quiet settle soft around your eyes Bethany, there's nothing here but calm and company Sleep and know that you are all the world to me tonight

Verse 2

The house breathes slow around you like a warm and steady tide Every creak and whisper just the walls turned soft inside Nothing in the shadows means you any harm tonight You are wrapped in something gentle, you are safe, you are mine

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes, the hallway light will keep its quiet watch Let the rain outside the window hum you further down Sleep is only love with all the noise turned low

Chorus

Bethany, the night is only kindness in disguise Rest now, let the quiet settle soft around your eyes Bethany, there's nothing here but calm and company Sleep and know that you are all the world to me tonight

Bridge

However far this house of dreams may carry you tonight There's a door left open, and a hand to hold you tight

Chorus

Bethany, the night is only kindness in disguise Rest now, let the quiet settle soft around your eyes Bethany, there's nothing here but calm and company Sleep and know that you are all the world to me tonight

Outro

The light still falls in yellow strips across the sleeping floor And you are loved here always, long after you close the door

Verse 1

Far away the water pulls the pebbles back so gently the sound of it comes softly like it's calling out to many but none of it is closer than the warmth of where you lie and none of it could love you the way that I love thee

Chorus

Bethany, the night has come to hold you soft and slow Bethany, I'll stay right here and watch the shadows go you are the calm at the centre of the tide there is no better place for you than here, I know

Verse 2

Somewhere far off the waves are turning over dark, wet sand drawing the small white stones down gently with an unseen hand but you are not a pebble lost and rolling in the deep you are held here always, safe and warm, you understand

Pre-chorus

Let the far off water hush you, let it carry you away not to anywhere that's distant, only into where you'll stay close your eyes now, darling, let the quiet have its say

Chorus

Bethany, the night has come to hold you soft and slow Bethany, I'll stay right here and watch the shadows go you are the calm at the centre of the tide there is no better place for you than here, I know

Bridge

Every wave goes out but always finds its way home again so will you, so will this love that never seems to end rest now, little one, there's nothing out there you should fear

Chorus

Bethany, the night has come to hold you soft and slow Bethany, I'll stay right here and watch the shadows go you are the calm at the centre of the tide there is no better place for you than here, I know

Outro

Far off the water settles and the pebbles fall to rest and here you sleep now, gathered close, the safest and the best

Verse 1

Soot is shifting soft against the brick tonight Somewhere far the wind is calling low and slow You are curled up warm behind the fire's light Nothing out there ever needs to know

Pre-chorus

Every little sound outside is turning into rest Every draught that finds the glass is settling on the sill Close your eyes now, you're the softest thing I've blessed

Chorus

Bethany, the dark is only breathing, never cold You are held here closer than the embers hold their glow Nothing in this house would ever let you go Bethany, you're safer than the sweetest thing I know

Verse 2

Down the flue the wind is humming out its oldest song Ash is turning gently where the last flame used to be You don't need to listen, you can let the night move on Sleep is just another way of staying close to me

Bridge

Whatever moves outside the wall will pass and let you be The chimney keeps its secrets and the roof keeps out the storm

Chorus

Bethany, the dark is only breathing, never cold You are held here closer than the embers hold their glow Nothing in this house would ever let you go Bethany, you're safer than the sweetest thing I know

Outro

Soot will settle softer than a whisper by the wall Sleep now, you are held by more than embers after all