Songs for Brody

Verse 1

Paper plates go skidding by Past the slide, up past the sky Nobody's chasing them down We're all watching you instead

Pre-chorus

Somebody's tuning up the band Somebody's grabbing your hand The whole yard's leaning in close

Chorus

Brody, the day belongs to you Grass gone damp and skies gone blue Everybody came for this Brody, nobody else will do

Verse 2

Candles fighting off the breeze Somebody's shouting make a wish You just laugh and let it go Like the wind's in on the joke

Pre-chorus

Somebody's tuning up the band Somebody's grabbing your hand The whole yard's leaning in close

Chorus

Brody, the day belongs to you Grass gone damp and skies gone blue Everybody came for this Brody, nobody else will do

Bridge

Trumpets loud enough to wake the street Every voice out here for you Nobody's counting up the years Just glad you're standing where we are

Chorus

Brody, the day belongs to you Grass gone damp and skies gone blue Everybody came for this Brody, nobody else will do

Outro

Plates still spinning on the wind Here's to you, and here's again

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up by the window glass gone misty with the heat everyone here came for one thing just to see you, just to greet

Pre-chorus

Somebody's saving you the last one nobody's touched the ribbon yet the whole room's leaning toward the door

Chorus

Brody, the day is finally here open your eyes and take it in we came because you matter most Brody, let the party now begin

Verse 2

Fingers wipe a clean line downward tracing shapes across the pane you laugh before you even open the kind of joy that's hard to feign

Pre-chorus

Somebody's counting out the candles somebody's humming under breath the room is holding one big note

Chorus

Brody, the day is finally here open your eyes and take it in we came because you matter most Brody, let the party now begin

Bridge

However far you've gone this year however hard the roads have been you're worth this fuss, you're worth this noise you're worth the whole room singing

Chorus

Brody, the day is finally here open your eyes and take it in we came because you matter most Brody, let the party now begin

Outro

The glass still holds its trace of warmth and so, dear Brody, do we all

Verse 1

Balloons are pulling at the string Somebody's laughing, hear it ring The till is singing, coins fall through And every sound tonight is you

Pre-chorus

Stand up now and take your bow We been waiting to shout it loud somehow Here it comes, so get ready now

Chorus

Brody, Brody, ring the bell You're the one we're here to tell Clap your hands and stomp the floor Brody, we're glad you walked through that door

Verse 2

Six balloons and not one more That's the number we been counting for Somebody's counting change tonight But you're the one who feels like light

Bridge

Lift your voice and let it climb Nobody's counting down your time We just came to sing you home You never have to shine alone

Chorus

Brody, Brody, ring the bell You're the one we're here to tell Clap your hands and stomp the floor Brody, we're glad you walked through that door

Outro

Let the balloons go up and sway We're glad you're here, we're glad today

Verse 1

The little speaker hums its quiet grey static on the dresser and somewhere underneath it, sleep is finding you at last I set it low so nothing but the softness ever reaches you and every worry from today goes drifting off and past

Chorus

Brody, close your eyes now, let the whole wide world go quiet there is nothing you need carry, nothing you must hold You are warmer than the static, safer than the darkened room Brody, you are held here closer than you know

Verse 2

Rain is tapping soft against the window like it knows you keeping time with breathing that is slowing more and more Nothing in this room can find you, nothing here can hurt you just the hush of hissing quiet drifting from the dresser drawer

Pre-chorus

The night is only soft sounds folding gently over you the kind of dark that only means the day is done So let your small hands loosen, let the stillness pull you under

Chorus

Brody, close your eyes now, let the whole wide world go quiet there is nothing you need carry, nothing you must hold You are warmer than the static, safer than the darkened room Brody, you are held here closer than you know

Bridge

Piano notes are falling slow like raindrops on a windowsill and every single one of them was made to keep you calm Nothing waits beyond this room but morning, soft and certain so rest here in the quiet of this arm

Chorus

Brody, close your eyes now, let the whole wide world go quiet there is nothing you need carry, nothing you must hold You are warmer than the static, safer than the darkened room Brody, you are held here closer than you know

Outro

The dresser hums its soft grey nothing while you're dreaming and I will still be near you when the quiet turns to light

Verse 1

Yellow light was bouncing soft on the rain streaked glass tonight Rocking gently as the bus rolled home beneath the streetlamp light Everything outside was blurred and hushed and turning slow And you were curled up warm against me, holding on so tight

Pre-chorus

The wipers hummed a little tune to carry you to rest Every worry of the day was folded soft into your chest Close your eyes now, let the quiet come and take the rest

Chorus

Brody, the night is wrapping gently all around your bed Nothing out there in the dark can touch you, love instead Safe as the light that glows through raindrops falling free Brody, sleep now, every corner of the world is calm and led

Verse 2

Somewhere a window carries colours melting soft and slow The whole wide city hums a lullaby you'll never know You are the warmest thing that's moving through this quiet street Wrapped up tighter than the blankets that the darkness seems to sew

Bridge

Let the hush of evening settle where you softly lie Nothing needs an answer, nothing needs a reason why

Chorus

Brody, the night is wrapping gently all around your bed Nothing out there in the dark can touch you, love instead Safe as the light that glows through raindrops falling free Brody, sleep now, every corner of the world is calm and led

Outro

The light has faded soft to gold behind the rainy glass Sleep now, love, the whole night through, so peacefully will pass

Verse 1

A circle of light rests soft on the quilt tonight Red threads holding you gentle, holding you tight Every breath that you take is safe here with me There is nowhere so calm as this warm, quiet sea

Pre-chorus

The dark outside the window has nothing to give Nothing louder than love in the room where we live So let your small hands go still as the hour turns slow

Chorus

Brody, the night has no place it would rather be Only here, watching over you, quiet and free Brody, the stars have already started to hum Sleep now, the morning will come, love, the morning will come

Verse 2

I trace the same stitches your fingers once found Threads that will keep you when nobody's around You don't have to carry a single thing tonight Just close your two eyes and let go of the light

Chorus

Brody, the night has no place it would rather be Only here, watching over you, quiet and free Brody, the stars have already started to hum Sleep now, the morning will come, love, the morning will come

Bridge

However far your dreaming takes you tonight You are held, you are wanted, you are somebody's light

Chorus

Brody, the night has no place it would rather be Only here, watching over you, quiet and free Brody, the stars have already started to hum Sleep now, the morning will come, love, the morning will come

Outro

The circle of warmth on the quilt will still glow Long after you've drifted where only dreams go