Love Songs for Carl

• Foam in the Basin

  Synth ballad · Synth · Eighties · Wide

  A quiet synth ballad about the small, unremarkable proof of love, someone still there in the morning. Good for new love, old love, or anything steady enough to notice the little things.

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  Verse 1

  Foam is drying in the basin white against the morning light I notice things I never noticed since you started staying the night

  Chorus

  Carl, you make the small things matter every plain thing turns to gold Nothing about you is scattered Carl, you're steady, you're not cold

  Verse 2

  Your toothbrush leans against the mirror like it's always lived right there I used to move through empty mornings now I know that you'll be there

  Pre-chorus

  I never needed grand gestures never needed you to try so hard just this quiet way you love me

  Chorus

  Carl, you make the small things matter every plain thing turns to gold Nothing about you is scattered Carl, you're steady, you're not cold

  Bridge

  No one sees what I see the way you leave a room half warm proof that someone chose to stay here proof that this is not a storm

  Chorus

  Carl, you make the small things matter every plain thing turns to gold Nothing about you is scattered Carl, you're steady, you're not cold

  Outro

  The foam will dry there in the morning and I'll still be glad you came

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• Two Mugs Gone Cold

  Jazz standard · Jazz · Upright bass · Crooner

  A quiet jazz love song about time slipping past while the feeling underneath never does, built from the small image of two forgotten mugs of tea. Good for steady, easy love, new or old.

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  Verse 1

  We sat down and forgot the tea Talking like there was nowhere to be Cold outside on the concrete step You laughed and the whole street heard

  Pre-chorus

  Time got away from us again I never once minded when It's you that I keep coming back to

  Chorus

  Carl, you make the hours stand still I'd sit here cold with you until Every last light in this town goes dark Nobody else gives me that thrill

  Verse 2

  The tea went cold before we knew Steam gone, but I stayed close to you Some things get better left alone Like this, like us, like nothing new

  Chorus

  Carl, you make the hours stand still I'd sit here cold with you until Every last light in this town goes dark Nobody else gives me that thrill

  Bridge

  Doesn't matter what gets left undone Long as I'm sitting next to someone Who makes the waiting feel like home

  Chorus

  Carl, you make the hours stand still I'd sit here cold with you until Every last light in this town goes dark Nobody else gives me that thrill

  Outro

  Let the tea sit there and turn There's a warmth that never adjourns

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• Boards Still Turning

  Soul waltz · Soul · Organ · Swaying

  A quiet soul waltz about waiting for someone worth the wait, built from the slow click of a departure board over an empty platform.

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  Verse 1

  The boards keep turning overhead Every name but yours instead Still I stand here, coat pulled tight Sure you're coming, wrong or right

  Chorus

  Carl, you're the one I'm waiting for Every train, and one train more No delay could change my mind Carl, you're worth the standing in line

  Verse 2

  Strangers rush and strangers pass Faces blurring quick as glass None of them can hold my eye Only you make waiting worthwhile

  Pre-chorus

  I've watched this platform empty twice Told myself that I'd think twice But my heart won't take advice

  Chorus

  Carl, you're the one I'm waiting for Every train, and one train more No delay could change my mind Carl, you're worth the standing in line

  Bridge

  Doesn't matter if you're late This is just what steady looks like I was built to wait on you Slow and sure beats quick and new

  Chorus

  Carl, you're the one I'm waiting for Every train, and one train more No delay could change my mind Carl, you're worth the standing in line

  Outro

  The board clicks over, shows your train I'd have waited through the rain

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