Songs for Caroline

Verse 1

White chalk lines out on the grass Mud on boots, the whistle blows You never once sat on the bench You gave it everything you had

Pre-chorus

Every year you take the field You play like it's the only game So let the whole room raise a shout

Chorus

Caroline, you shine like sunshine Every step of yours, divine Nobody plays it quite like you Happy birthday, Caroline

Verse 2

You could have walked off when it rained But you stayed out past the final call You turned the mud into a badge Wore it proud, no need to explain

Bridge

Some folks watch it from the side You were always in the game Here's to boots and here's to grass Here's to blowing out the flame

Chorus

Caroline, you shine like sunshine Every step of yours, divine Nobody plays it quite like you Happy birthday, Caroline

Outro

Chalk will wash out with the rain But you're the one who won't fade

Verse 1

Bikes are piling by the gate Wheels still spinning in the sun Everyone got here so late Just to see you, only one

Chorus

Caroline, the fence is shaking Half the street has come inside Caroline, my heart keeps waking Every time you're by my side

Verse 2

Wire mesh rattling with the noise Bicycles stacked up three or four Nobody cares about the poise We just came to bang your door

Pre-chorus

Candles catching in the wind Somebody's shouting your name loud Feel the whole day start to spin

Chorus

Caroline, the fence is shaking Half the street has come inside Caroline, my heart keeps waking Every time you're by my side

Bridge

However far your years have gone We still show up, we still align No candle burns as steady on As all this love for Caroline

Chorus

Caroline, the fence is shaking Half the street has come inside Caroline, my heart keeps waking Every time you're by my side

Outro

The bikes will lean here all night long And so will we, and so will we

Verse 1

Footprints fading on the shoreline Seaweed wrapped where the tide has been Nothing lasts the way you want it But you, you're the brightest thing I've seen

Pre-chorus

Every year the water pulls back in Every year you're still my favourite find So light the candles, turn the music up

Chorus

Caroline, Caroline, you shine Brighter than the sun could ever try Every single year we sing this line Caroline, tonight we raise you high

Verse 2

Grey sand keeps no secrets from you You walked through it, left your mark behind People come and people wander off But you're the one I always want to find

Chorus

Caroline, Caroline, you shine Brighter than the sun could ever try Every single year we sing this line Caroline, tonight we raise you high

Bridge

Dance floor calling, so come on Let the whole room say your name We came here just to tell you

Chorus

Caroline, Caroline, you shine Brighter than the sun could ever try Every single year we sing this line Caroline, tonight we raise you high

Outro

Footprints wash away by morning You're the mark that stays behind

Verse 1

Glass fogs up where I breathe Watching lights turn red to green Nothing moving out on the street Just your hand resting on mine

Chorus

Caroline, the night goes slow with you Every colour waits for your reply Steady as the lights that change Caroline, you're the reason I don't ask why

Verse 2

You trace circles in the fog Say you like the quiet best I could stand here half the night Long as you're the one I'm with

Pre-chorus

I've got nothing much to offer No fireworks, no grand line Just this window and this feeling

Chorus

Caroline, the night goes slow with you Every colour waits for your reply Steady as the lights that change Caroline, you're the reason I don't ask why

Bridge

Cars keep stopping, cars keep going You're the one thing that stays still Outside the world keeps changing colour Inside, I've already chosen you

Chorus

Caroline, the night goes slow with you Every colour waits for your reply Steady as the lights that change Caroline, you're the reason I don't ask why

Outro

Glass still fogged where we breathe Lights still changing, and I'm glad you stayed

Verse 1

Brown leaves are giving up their hold You taught me how to stay instead The bare tree still won't fold Like something in you I have read

Pre-chorus

I have seen you in the losing season Steady when the branches shake Give me one more reason

Chorus

Caroline, you're the warmth I trust Through the frost and through the shine No storm can turn you to dust Caroline, you feel divine

Verse 2

Damp soil holds what the tree let go You hold me the very same way Nothing wasted, nothing slow Love that doesn't wash away

Chorus

Caroline, you're the warmth I trust Through the frost and through the shine No storm can turn you to dust Caroline, you feel divine

Bridge

Winter comes for every living thing But you don't ask for sunshine to stay true I'll be your ground through anything

Chorus

Caroline, you're the warmth I trust Through the frost and through the shine No storm can turn you to dust Caroline, you feel divine

Outro

Come spring that tree will bloom again And I'll still be loving you the same

Verse 1

Dry grass bends where the stones lie still Paths cross the ridge by no one's will But I keep walking, plain and true Every road I know leads to you

Chorus

Caroline, you steady my whole design The way the grass leans, I lean toward you Caroline, no need to align the stars I chose this ground, and I chose you too

Verse 2

Sheep have worn this track for years Through the wind and through the fears I don't need a map or sign Just the certain fact you're mine

Pre-chorus

I've walked this ground a hundred times Never tired of the climb Something in me starts to rise

Chorus

Caroline, you steady my whole design The way the grass leans, I lean toward you Caroline, no need to align the stars I chose this ground, and I chose you too

Bridge

No confines here, no fences drawn Just this quiet love, carried on Through the grey and through the shine You are the truest line

Chorus

Caroline, you steady my whole design The way the grass leans, I lean toward you Caroline, no need to align the stars I chose this ground, and I chose you too

Outro

The stones still hold the bending grass I'm still here, and here I'll stay

Verse 1

Old cane is creaking soft beneath the wool tonight Rocking you slower than the fading candlelight You settle deeper with each breath you let go Wrapped in the hush that only sleepy houses know

Pre-chorus

Hear how the floorboards hum a tune so worn and low Feel how the blanket holds you close and holds you slow Nothing tonight can touch the peace we're sinking into

Chorus

Caroline, rest your eyes, let the whole wide world stay still Nobody's love for you could ever bend or spill Sleep now the way the moon holds steady in the sky Caroline, you are held, so soft, so safe, so nigh

Verse 2

Somewhere a door creaks shut and locks the cold outside You've got the warmest corner, nothing left to hide Little one, your breathing slows to match the chair Every small worry melting out into the air

Bridge

Rock and creak, rock and creak, the same old gentle song Nothing about this love has ever once been wrong

Chorus

Caroline, rest your eyes, let the whole wide world stay still Nobody's love for you could ever bend or spill Sleep now the way the moon holds steady in the sky Caroline, you are held, so soft, so safe, so nigh

Outro

Let the old chair rock until the creaking fades to sleep Caroline, you are loved too deep for you to keep

Verse 1

The little speaker hums its quiet, hissing sound filling up the room with something soft and low a small and steady static spreading all around the gentlest kind of hush to help you go

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the humming carry you away nothing in the dark tonight can reach where you belong and I am staying near until the edge of day

Chorus

Caroline, the night has room for you to shine every hush and hum was made to keep you warm Caroline, your breathing finds its own design safe inside the quiet, far from any storm

Verse 2

The speaker crackles soft, a friendly kind of noise nothing here to fear, just gentle sound and light it hums along beside your small and steady poise holding back the corners of the deep, wide night

Chorus

Caroline, the night has room for you to shine every hush and hum was made to keep you warm Caroline, your breathing finds its own design safe inside the quiet, far from any storm

Bridge

Rest now, you are held here, nothing asked of you at all just the soft and steady static like a gentle, low downpour let it wrap around you, let your busy thoughts grow small you are loved beyond the reaching of that little speaker's floor

Chorus

Caroline, the night has room for you to shine every hush and hum was made to keep you warm Caroline, your breathing finds its own design safe inside the quiet, far from any storm

Outro

The little speaker quiets as your breathing slows to rest sleep now, Caroline, you always were the best

Verse 1

Watch the raindrops slipping slowly down the glass tonight and the lamp outside is glowing soft and low and gold and bright nothing in the dark can ever reach this room you are wrapped in warmth and you are held so right

Chorus

Caroline, the night has come to hold you soft and slow Caroline, there's nowhere safer for your heart to go close your eyes, let every worry simply melt away you are loved beyond what any words could ever show

Verse 2

Every drop that falls is just the sky come down to rest and the window hums a lullaby it never has confessed nothing out there matters more than what is here you are what this quiet golden light was blessed

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the yellow glow be all you ever need feel the warmth around you like a promise or a seed something soft is rising now, and calling you to sleep

Chorus

Caroline, the night has come to hold you soft and slow Caroline, there's nowhere safer for your heart to go close your eyes, let every worry simply melt away you are loved beyond what any words could ever show

Bridge

Sleep is just a river and you're drifting out to sea there is nothing waiting for you but the way things ought to be

Chorus

Caroline, the night has come to hold you soft and slow Caroline, there's nowhere safer for your heart to go close your eyes, let every worry simply melt away you are loved beyond what any words could ever show

Outro

The glass still holds its raindrops as the lamp begins to dim and you are safe inside this quiet, held and loved within