Songs for Carole

Verse 1

Neon buzzing, windows fogged with steam Every stranger caught inside the gleam But you're the light I always find The warmest thing on my whole mind

Pre-chorus

Machines are spinning, hearts are humming loud You make the quiet ones feel proud Something's building, rising with the heat

Chorus

Carole, Carole, glowing like the sun You turn the ordinary into fun Carole, you're the warmth that never fades The best part of my brightest days

Verse 2

Wet clothes tumbling, colours running free You bring that kind of joy to me Strangers smiling, don't know why You've got that spark that lights the sky

Chorus

Carole, Carole, glowing like the sun You turn the ordinary into fun Carole, you're the warmth that never fades The best part of my brightest days

Bridge

Every year you shine a little more Kinder now than years before We're gathered here to say it true

Chorus

Carole, Carole, glowing like the sun You turn the ordinary into fun Carole, you're the warmth that never fades The best part of my brightest days

Outro

Steam still rising, windows bright You're the warmth we call goodnight

Verse 1

Two cups roll down the bus floor nobody stops the little chase laughter catches every window and somehow you light up the place

Pre-chorus

You never planned to steal the night but here we are, all turning round waiting on the sound

Chorus

Carole, lift your glass up high tonight the whole room's on your side nobody else could hold us close like Carole you're the reason for the ride

Verse 2

The driver grins, he's seen it all strangers cheering for a cup you turned a tired old bus route into a party rolling up

Bridge

However far the night has run however loud the engine hums you're still the one we're cheering on the noise, the laugh, the one who comes

Chorus

Carole, lift your glass up high tonight the whole room's on your side nobody else could hold us close like Carole you're the reason for the ride

Outro

Those two cups are still out rolling home's wherever Carole goes

Verse 1

Sun on the counter, sweetness on the run Everybody waiting but you take your time You laugh at the drips, you call it fun Nothing melts you, Carole, you're steady, you're fine

Pre-chorus

Queue getting longer, clock's ticking fast Still you're glowing, built to outlast Feel that rhythm, here it comes

Chorus

Carole, Carole, light up the room Sweeter than sundaes under July sun Carole, we're singing your name too soon But tonight's not over, we've only begun

Verse 2

Cash register ringing, candles about to spark You're the reason we all showed up here Melting away is the cold and the dark When you walk in close, warmth feels near

Chorus

Carole, Carole, light up the room Sweeter than sundaes under July sun Carole, we're singing your name too soon But tonight's not over, we've only begun

Bridge

Drip by drip the years go by Still you shine, you never ask why We keep the scoop, we keep the cheer

Chorus

Carole, Carole, light up the room Sweeter than sundaes under July sun Carole, we're singing your name too soon But tonight's not over, we've only begun

Outro

Ice cream's melted, but you're still here Carole, you're the sweetest thing all year

Verse 1

Bubbles broke on steel tonight Small and bright, then gone I thought of how you hold a room Even when the lights go on

Chorus

Carole, you're the steady flame Nothing dims what you began Every ordinary night Carole, you light more than you can plan

Verse 2

I watched the foam catch one last spark Fade before it hit the ground But what you give me doesn't fade It just keeps coming round

Pre-chorus

I've seen love flicker, seen it fall Seen it burn out fast and thin But you keep giving, steady, slow

Chorus

Carole, you're the steady flame Nothing dims what you began Every ordinary night Carole, you light more than you can plan

Bridge

No stage, no shine, no need for more Just you, plain as bread You never asked to be adored You just showed up instead

Chorus

Carole, you're the steady flame Nothing dims what you began Every ordinary night Carole, you light more than you can plan

Outro

The bubbles popped, the dark stayed dark But you were still right here

Verse 1

Two mugs cooling on the step Neither one of us has slept much You laugh before the kettle's done That sound still gets me every time

Pre-chorus

I never learned to say it well But something in this quiet holds And it keeps building toward your name

Chorus

Carole, you're the calm I chose The warmth that stays when winter goes I'd know your step in any hall Carole, you're the best of all

Verse 2

The concrete's cracked but still holds heat You rest your head against my sleeve No one taught us how to stay We just kept choosing every day

Pre-chorus

I never learned to say it well But something in this quiet holds And it keeps building toward your name

Chorus

Carole, you're the calm I chose The warmth that stays when winter goes I'd know your step in any hall Carole, you're the best of all

Bridge

Some loves shout to prove they're real Ours just sits here, plain and still You don't need the noise at all

Chorus

Carole, you're the calm I chose The warmth that stays when winter goes I'd know your step in any hall Carole, you're the best of all

Outro

Two mugs waiting on the step Still warm because you're always close

Verse 1

Salt is drying on the railing water underneath is still trailing you lean there like you own the light this calm was worth the sailing

Chorus

Carole, you're the steady hand I know stay a while, there's no place I'd rather go the water keeps on moving on but Carole, you're my constant, calm and slow

Verse 2

Morning finds you at the rail again counting boats like they were friends you never rush the view away some peace like yours has no end

Pre-chorus

Something in the way you're standing there says more than any word could dare and I keep leaning into it

Chorus

Carole, you're the steady hand I know stay a while, there's no place I'd rather go the water keeps on moving on but Carole, you're my constant, calm and slow

Bridge

Let the salt keep building where we stood every layer says we're good I don't need the tide to turn

Chorus

Carole, you're the steady hand I know stay a while, there's no place I'd rather go the water keeps on moving on but Carole, you're my constant, calm and slow

Outro

The railing holds the salt we left you hold the rest, and I am kept

Verse 1

A thin gold line comes creeping under the door tonight and lies so softly down across the striped carpet light it does not need to travel far to find your little bed just far enough to rest its glow beside your sleepy head

Pre-chorus

Nothing in this house is moving, nothing needs to stir only breathing slow and even, only warmth and fur and a hush that wraps around you like it's waiting just for

Chorus

Carole, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind there is nothing in the shadows, nothing left to find you are held here, you are steady, you are wrapped up tight Carole, you are certain, you are safe tonight

Verse 2

Somewhere down the hallway something small and gold still glows a promise that the morning always finds you, always knows and until it comes to greet you there is nothing you should fear just the quiet and the softness and the ones who love you near

Chorus

Carole, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind there is nothing in the shadows, nothing left to find you are held here, you are steady, you are wrapped up tight Carole, you are certain, you are safe tonight

Bridge

Sleep is just a boat that carries you so gently through and every star above is standing watch to look for you

Chorus

Carole, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind there is nothing in the shadows, nothing left to find you are held here, you are steady, you are wrapped up tight Carole, you are certain, you are safe tonight

Outro

That thin gold line will still be there when morning comes to call so rest now in its quiet glow and let the whole night fall

Verse 1

Streetlamps slide orange over the straps where you rest your head every one of them leaning down to watch you instead soft light moving, never in a hurry to leave you are carried through the dark like something precious and never dead

Pre-chorus

Nobody needs to talk now, the wheels are humming low your eyes are getting heavy though you fight to keep the glow hold on a little longer, we are almost there, we go

Chorus

Carole, the night is soft and it is only carrying you home under the amber lights you never have to be alone Carole, sleep is coming gentle, it will take you as its own nothing in this dark can touch you, nothing here has ever grown

Verse 2

Every light we pass is leaving without a single sound warm and orange, brief and easy, spinning slowly round you are held here safer than a secret kept from harm this whole quiet world is turning softly, gathered close around

Pre-chorus

Nobody needs to talk now, the wheels are humming low your eyes are getting heavy though you fight to keep the glow hold on a little longer, we are almost there, we go

Chorus

Carole, the night is soft and it is only carrying you home under the amber lights you never have to be alone Carole, sleep is coming gentle, it will take you as its own nothing in this dark can touch you, nothing here has ever grown

Bridge

Rest your head against the warmth that never wants to fade you are the reason every light along this road was made

Chorus

Carole, the night is soft and it is only carrying you home under the amber lights you never have to be alone Carole, sleep is coming gentle, it will take you as its own nothing in this dark can touch you, nothing here has ever grown

Outro

Let the orange lights go sliding while you drift and settle deep you are already halfway into the gentlest kind of sleep

Verse 1

Somewhere a tap is letting go of water, slow and warm Falling soft into the white and waiting bowl below Nothing in this house is hurrying tonight, nothing plans to harm You are held here safer than the gentlest thing I know

Chorus

Carole, the night is only warmth and quiet falling round you Close your eyes and let the hours drip away like rain Nothing out there in the dark has ever truly found you Carole, you are safe here, you will always be again

Verse 2

Every drop that falls tonight is falling soft as breathing Filling up the basin slow the way your sleep will fill Nothing in this room has any reason for its leaving Everything is staying close and everything is still

Pre-chorus

Listen to the water finding its own gentle way down Feel how nothing rushes here, how nothing needs to hurry There is only warmth to hold you, soft and round

Chorus

Carole, the night is only warmth and quiet falling round you Close your eyes and let the hours drip away like rain Nothing out there in the dark has ever truly found you Carole, you are safe here, you will always be again

Bridge

Sleep the way the water sleeps once it has come to rest Held inside the white and rounded quiet of the bowl

Chorus

Carole, the night is only warmth and quiet falling round you Close your eyes and let the hours drip away like rain Nothing out there in the dark has ever truly found you Carole, you are safe here, you will always be again

Outro

Somewhere that tap has slowed to almost nothing now, and stopped Sleep on, Carole, warm and certain, held till morning drops