Love Songs for Catherine

• Silver Shelves

  Chamber folk · Chamber · Cello · Delicate

  A quiet love song built from the small order of a shop shelf, for a love that is steady rather than loud, new or old.

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  Verse 1

  I lined the tins up straight for you Wire baskets shining, nothing new You laughed and said I'd missed a row Some things you just already know

  Pre-chorus

  I like the hush of ordinary things The quiet way a small task sings When you're the one it's leading to

  Chorus

  Catherine, you make the plain hours matter Nothing about you feels like scatter You steady me the way shelves hold their weight Catherine, I never mind if we run late

  Verse 2

  You count the cans, I watch your hands Some love needs speeches, ours just stands No grand designs, no need to try We stack the small things, you and I

  Pre-chorus

  I like the hush of ordinary things The quiet way a small task sings When you're the one it's leading to

  Chorus

  Catherine, you make the plain hours matter Nothing about you feels like scatter You steady me the way shelves hold their weight Catherine, I never mind if we run late

  Bridge

  No one writes songs about tinned fish But you're the calm I always wish Ordinary, standing next to you Turns out to be the rare thing too

  Chorus

  Catherine, you make the plain hours matter Nothing about you feels like scatter You steady me the way shelves hold their weight Catherine, I never mind if we run late

  Outro

  Still lining tins up straight for you Still glad that nothing's new

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• Trolley Wheels

  Cinematic strings · Cinematic · Strings · Swelling

  A quiet love song built from an ordinary night errand, for any love that has settled into the everyday: new, long, or somewhere in between.

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  Verse 1

  Wheels rattle loud on wet ground Sodium light turns the puddles gold You're humming something off key I keep this like it's rare and found

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing about tonight is special Except you're walking next to me And that's enough to start something

  Chorus

  Catherine, you make the ordinary hold Every plain hour turns to gold You're the one steady pattern I trust Catherine, this is worth more than told

  Verse 2

  We forgot half of what we came for You laughed at how the wheel sticks I watched you more than the list Some nights just want to gather in

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing about tonight is special Except you're walking next to me And that's enough to start something

  Chorus

  Catherine, you make the ordinary hold Every plain hour turns to gold You're the one steady pattern I trust Catherine, this is worth more than told

  Bridge

  I've loved you in bigger, louder rooms But this car park keeps you clear No music except the wheels And you, which is all I need to hear

  Chorus

  Catherine, you make the ordinary hold Every plain hour turns to gold You're the one steady pattern I trust Catherine, this is worth more than told

  Outro

  Somewhere a trolley still rattles on Long after we've gone, you're what stayed

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• Stone Against the Sky

  Irish air · Irish · Whistle · Lilting

  A quiet, steady love song built on the image of a limestone wall holding the line between pasture and sky, for love that is new, long, or simply constant.

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  Verse 1

  You stand where the grey wall runs holding green from open air I have watched what steady means and I have found it there

  Pre-chorus

  No storm has ever moved that stone no wind has made it bend I keep finding words for how

  Chorus

  Catherine, you are the wall I lean on you are the line that holds the sky something sure when the field won't gather in something certain, something I won't let by

  Verse 2

  Every stone was set by hand fitted close without a seam that is how you settled in quiet as a held-back stream

  Bridge

  Let the weather do its worst I have seen what lasts and what won't you were never the passing kind

  Chorus

  Catherine, you are the wall I lean on you are the line that holds the sky something sure when the field won't gather in something certain, something I won't let by

  Outro

  The wall still runs along the hill and I am still glad you're mine

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