Songs for Cerys

Verse 1

The drum is turning, catch your breath Somebody's counting down to yes Every ticket packed inside We're betting big, we're betting best

Pre-chorus

Hands are up and hearts are loud We brought the whole entire crowd Something's coming round the wheel

Chorus

Cerys, Cerys, spin it round Best name shouted, best name found We're not quiet, we're not shy Cerys, you're the prize we found

Verse 2

Nobody else could take your place You light the whole entire space Wooden counter, brass and gold We came running for your face

Pre-chorus

Hands are up and hearts are loud We brought the whole entire crowd Something's coming round the wheel

Chorus

Cerys, Cerys, spin it round Best name shouted, best name found We're not quiet, we're not shy Cerys, you're the prize we found

Bridge

Every year we pull your name Nothing else could feel the same Out you come in gold and light Winner, always, none to blame

Chorus

Cerys, Cerys, spin it round Best name shouted, best name found We're not quiet, we're not shy Cerys, you're the prize we found

Outro

Let the drum go still and slow You were always who we'd know

Verse 1

Flour dust hangs in the morning air Sunlight finds you everywhere Sack leaned soft against the stool You walk in and break every rule

Chorus

Cerys, Cerys, light of the room Clear the corner, make some room Nobody dances quite like you We're all a little proud of you

Verse 2

Open window, curtain sways You've been shining most of your days Kitchen humming, hands still floured You make an ordinary hour loud

Pre-chorus

Turn the music up a notch Somebody grab that dusty watch Time to give this girl her due

Chorus

Cerys, Cerys, light of the room Clear the corner, make some room Nobody dances quite like you We're all a little proud of you

Bridge

Every year you knead the dough Every year you steal the show Here's to you and here's to more We're glad you walked through that door

Chorus

Cerys, Cerys, light of the room Clear the corner, make some room Nobody dances quite like you We're all a little proud of you

Outro

Flour still hangs where the light comes through Happy birthday, we love you

Verse 1

Old wire hangs down from the rafters dusty print stacked by the door but nothing in this house is wasted you make it shine like never before

Pre-chorus

You take the plain and worn out and give it back its gleam so let the whole room raise a glass

Chorus

Cerys, light up the ceiling Cerys, call out your name we're singing loud to tell you this house won't be the same

Verse 2

Yesterday's news gathers softly in corners nobody sees but you're the kind of story that never gathers dust or fades

Pre-chorus

You take the plain and worn out and give it back its gleam so let the whole room raise a glass

Chorus

Cerys, light up the ceiling Cerys, call out your name we're singing loud to tell you this house won't be the same

Bridge

Every wire finds its current when you walk into the room you're the spark we didn't know we needed

Chorus

Cerys, light up the ceiling Cerys, call out your name we're singing loud to tell you this house won't be the same

Outro

So hang the copper higher you're the brightest thing we've found

Verse 1

Two tickets caught beneath the rust forgotten there since we were young I kept mine folded in my coat you kept yours longer than I'd guessed

Pre-chorus

We never planned to keep the proof some nights I think that's all we have but holding on was never the hard part

Chorus

Cerys, you're the one I chose again every morning, not just then stay as steady as a held hand Cerys, I would choose you again

Verse 2

The paint has gone from green to grey the bench still holds the shape we made you laugh about it every time like nothing here has ever changed

Pre-chorus

We never planned to keep the proof some nights I think that's all we have but holding on was never the hard part

Chorus

Cerys, you're the one I chose again every morning, not just then stay as steady as a held hand Cerys, I would choose you again

Bridge

I don't need the ticket to remember only need you sitting here

Chorus

Cerys, you're the one I chose again every morning, not just then stay as steady as a held hand Cerys, I would choose you again

Outro

Someone else will find that bench let them wonder who we were

Verse 1

The mug outside has lost its shine Still it sits there, somehow mine Damp step, cold air, first light of day And I think of you straight away

Chorus

Cerys, you're the warmth I keep Cerys, even when I sleep You're the thought that starts my morning No alarm, no need for warning

Verse 2

I could leave that mug behind But it's you I always find In the small and broken things In the quiet, love still sings

Pre-chorus

I don't need the grand or loud Don't need proving to a crowd Just this feeling, rising, true

Chorus

Cerys, you're the warmth I keep Cerys, even when I sleep You're the thought that starts my morning No alarm, no need for warning

Bridge

No one sees what I see here How you steady every year Plain as coffee, strong as stone You're the best thing I have known

Chorus

Cerys, you're the warmth I keep Cerys, even when I sleep You're the thought that starts my morning No alarm, no need for warning

Outro

That mug still waits out on the step Like this love, it hasn't left

Verse 1

Grey smoke curls up through the willow the embers settle low and red I watch the evening find its pillow and think of every word you said

Pre-chorus

You never asked to be the flame just stayed and let the warmth begin and now I can't say where the same

Chorus

Cerys, you're the calm in my chest the low light when the day grows old Cerys, quiet outshines the rest you're the ember, not the cold

Verse 2

The branches bend but never break they've learned the trick of holding on I know the ways my heart can shake and still it steadies once you're home

Pre-chorus

You never asked to be the flame just stayed and let the warmth begin and now I can't say where the same

Chorus

Cerys, you're the calm in my chest the low light when the day grows old Cerys, quiet outshines the rest you're the ember, not the cold

Bridge

No need for smoke signals or noise just this, just steady, just true some loves arrive with all their poise mine simply learned to burn near you

Chorus

Cerys, you're the calm in my chest the low light when the day grows old Cerys, quiet outshines the rest you're the ember, not the cold

Outro

The smoke has cleared, the willow's still and I am warmer than I know

Verse 1

Somewhere a tap is letting its water go slow drop by drop into the warm and waiting tub hush is the only sound that the whole house will know and you are the reason my heart beats so full

Chorus

Cerys, the night is holding you soft and near close your eyes, love, there is nothing to fear you are the calm at the end of my day Cerys, sleep now, I am here to stay

Verse 2

The water runs warm and it never runs fast filling the tub the way love fills a room you are so small but your light is so vast and I would sit here till the stars fill the gloom

Pre-chorus

Let every worry drift down and away let your small breaths slow at the end of the day let sleep come in like the turn of a tide

Chorus

Cerys, the night is holding you soft and near close your eyes, love, there is nothing to fear you are the calm at the end of my day Cerys, sleep now, I am here to stay

Bridge

Every drop that falls is a moment I keep held in my hand while you drift into sleep nothing can touch you while I'm holding on

Chorus

Cerys, the night is holding you soft and near close your eyes, love, there is nothing to fear you are the calm at the end of my day Cerys, sleep now, I am here to stay

Outro

Somewhere the water has slowed to a rest and you are the softest and safest and best

Verse 1

A line of yellow light comes creeping past the door spilling soft across the rug where all your dreaming lies close your eyes now, little one, you don't need to see more safety hums around you like a hundred lullabies

Pre-chorus

Nothing in the dark tonight can find you where you rest hearing rain against the glass, so gentle and so slow holding you here quiet now against a steady chest

Chorus

Cerys, the whole wide night belongs to you alone every star has bent down low to watch you sleeping still Cerys, you are held so close, you never sleep unknown rest here soft as falling rain, however dark or chill

Verse 2

Shapes upon the carpet fade as evening settles in watching shadows learn to soften, learning to be kind drifting slowly, you don't notice when the dreams begin peace is quietly arranging all you leave behind

Pre-chorus

Nothing in the dark tonight can find you where you rest hearing rain against the glass, so gentle and so slow holding you here quiet now against a steady chest

Chorus

Cerys, the whole wide night belongs to you alone every star has bent down low to watch you sleeping still Cerys, you are held so close, you never sleep unknown rest here soft as falling rain, however dark or chill

Bridge

Piano notes are falling slow like rain upon a sill you are wanted, you are certain, you are cradled and you're still

Chorus

Cerys, the whole wide night belongs to you alone every star has bent down low to watch you sleeping still Cerys, you are held so close, you never sleep unknown rest here soft as falling rain, however dark or chill

Outro

That thread of yellow light will keep its quiet watch till morning and you'll wake to find the whole soft world was warming

Verse 1

Somewhere the old tyre swing has gone still and quiet tonight Pine needles hold it soft like they know just how to be kind Nothing is asking to move, nothing is asking to hurry You are the reason this whole evening finally settles right

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the dark green branches lean in low Every small sound in the yard is turning slow and slower Sleep is right here, waiting warm for you to let it grow

Chorus

Cerys, the night has folded softly down around your bed Nobody's rushing you, nobody's counting what gets said Rest in the hush that's been saved just for you, only you Cerys, sleep easy, there's nothing waiting to be feared

Verse 2

Underneath the leaves the air keeps still like it's holding you close Shadows lie down gentle, not one of them means any harm You are held tighter than any rope tied around a branch Safe as the ground that never once let that old swing go

Bridge

Let the whole world hush now, let it wait outside your door You don't have to keep it turning anymore

Chorus

Cerys, the night has folded softly down around your bed Nobody's rushing you, nobody's counting what gets said Rest in the hush that's been saved just for you, only you Cerys, sleep easy, there's nothing waiting to be feared

Outro

Somewhere the tyre still rests where the pine needles fell Sleep now, you're held, and that is all there is to tell