Songs for Damian

Verse 1

Plates are stacked up crooked balanced on that narrow table everyone still crowding round you proving that we're able

Pre-chorus

Someone's lighting matches now laughing as the wind gets in hold on tight, the moment's coming

Chorus

Damian, the room is yours tonight every face turned to the light hands are reaching, voices rising Damian, you make it right

Verse 2

Table wobbles when you lean in nobody minds the mess at all paper cups are tipping over catch them before they fall

Pre-chorus

Someone's lighting matches now laughing as the wind gets in hold on tight, the moment's coming

Chorus

Damian, the room is yours tonight every face turned to the light hands are reaching, voices rising Damian, you make it right

Bridge

Squeeze in closer, make some room another year, another chair however small this table gets there's always space for you in here

Chorus

Damian, the room is yours tonight every face turned to the light hands are reaching, voices rising Damian, you make it right

Outro

Plates still stacked up crooked and every single one for you

Verse 1

Cold air, and the streets are quiet Frost is climbing up the box But you walk through like a riot Melting every lock

Pre-chorus

Every step you take is louder Warming up this frozen scene Something in you keeps on growing

Chorus

Damian, the whole room's singing Loud enough to wake the sky Damian, the bells are ringing Nobody else could shine that high

Verse 2

Slush is grey where you were standing Proof that you were even here Everyone still understands it You're the warmth that pulled us near

Pre-chorus

Every step you take is louder Warming up this frozen scene Something in you keeps on growing

Chorus

Damian, the whole room's singing Loud enough to wake the sky Damian, the bells are ringing Nobody else could shine that high

Bridge

Another year, another mile We're glad you're walking ours Light finds you, even in December

Chorus

Damian, the whole room's singing Loud enough to wake the sky Damian, the bells are ringing Nobody else could shine that high

Outro

The footprints fade but you remain Warm against the grey again

Verse 1

Crumbs are falling by the oven door Someone's baking, laughing on the floor You always turn a mess into a party And we all keep wanting more

Pre-chorus

The candles catch, the room starts to sway Every clock is begging you to stay So hold that spark, don't let it fade away

Chorus

Damian, the lights are turning gold Nobody here does joy like you, we're told We're up and dancing, hands up like obsidian Come on Damian, don't you ever fold

Verse 2

You lick the spoon before the cake's even done You turn the kitchen into all our fun Sponge on the tiles, icing on your fingers And somehow you're still the only one

Bridge

Every year you make the room feel bigger Every year we love you just a little more

Chorus

Damian, the lights are turning gold Nobody here does joy like you, we're told We're up and dancing, hands up like obsidian Come on Damian, don't you ever fold

Outro

Sweep the crumbs up by the oven door We'll be right back here, wanting more

Verse 1

You left your gloves out on the wall still warm from holding onto mine I stood there like it meant the world some ordinary, perfect sign

Pre-chorus

It's not the big days that undo me it's the small ways that you stay it's how you never make me guess

Chorus

Damian, you steady every storm not with claiming, just with time quiet as two gloves on stone Damian, that ease is mine

Verse 2

You don't say much when you love someone you just show up, plain and true I used to want the fireworks now I only want to know you

Pre-chorus

It's not the big days that undo me it's the small ways that you stay it's how you never make me guess

Chorus

Damian, you steady every storm not with claiming, just with time quiet as two gloves on stone Damian, that ease is mine

Bridge

No gaming, no pretending here just your hand finding mine again Simeon could not love you better I'll take this quiet love, no end

Chorus

Damian, you steady every storm not with claiming, just with time quiet as two gloves on stone Damian, that ease is mine

Outro

The wall still holds the shape of us two gloves waiting, warm and sure

Verse 1

Salt is drying on the pebbles one shell left where the tide gave up nothing here is asking to be noticed and that's how you love, steady as that

Pre-chorus

You never needed the whole ocean just the patience of the shore that kind of love keeps building

Chorus

Damian, you stay when the noise clears hold on when the whole world hurries some things get louder just for showing Damian, you don't need obsidian

Verse 2

I could search the whole coastline and still choose this one broken shell you don't have to shine to matter you just have to still be here

Bridge

Let the water come and take what it wants some things are built to stay put I found what I needed in the plainest place and it looked a lot like you

Chorus

Damian, you stay when the noise clears hold on when the whole world hurries some things get louder just for showing Damian, you don't need obsidian

Outro

The salt will dry however slow it wants and I will still be here, loving you

Verse 1

The flask went over on its side Black coffee spreading far and wide You laughed before I found the cloth Damian, that laugh cuts through the froth

Pre-chorus

I braced myself for you to sigh But you just caught the mess and my eye And something in me starts to fly

Chorus

Damian, you make the ruined fine You take the stain and call it mine Simple love, not loud or grand Damian, still here, still holding my hand

Verse 2

We scrubbed the tartan on our knees Laughing at the smallest things we please You said the mark would never budge Damian, you never held a grudge

Pre-chorus

I braced myself for you to sigh But you just caught the mess and my eye And something in me starts to fly

Chorus

Damian, you make the ruined fine You take the stain and call it mine Simple love, not loud or grand Damian, still here, still holding my hand

Bridge

Some loves need everything to shine This one just needs your hand in mine No fixing needed, none at all Just you, unbothered, standing tall

Chorus

Damian, you make the ruined fine You take the stain and call it mine Simple love, not loud or grand Damian, still here, still holding my hand

Outro

The tartan kept its faded mark Like you kept me steady in the dark

Verse 1

The moths are tapping soft against the old porch light tonight Round and round they circle, drawn in by the amber light The ivy holds them gently in its tangled, quiet frame But you are held much closer, safe and warm inside

Pre-chorus

Every wing that flutters slows the closer that it comes Every small thing wandering just wants to find its home So let the hush surround you as the evening settles in

Chorus

Damian, the night is only kindness in disguise Nothing in the shadows means to catch you by surprise I will stay beside you while the whole wide world unwinds Damian, my love will be the light behind your eyes

Verse 2

The garden breathes so slowly now, the wind has laid its head Somewhere out beyond the glass the darkness folds to bed You are not the wandering kind, you are already home Wrapped in every good thing that was ever gently said

Bridge

Let your breathing find the rhythm of the rocking chair Let the day dissolve away like something soft as air

Chorus

Damian, the night is only kindness in disguise Nothing in the shadows means to catch you by surprise I will stay beside you while the whole wide world unwinds Damian, my love will be the light behind your eyes

Outro

The moths will keep their circling long after you're asleep And I'll keep watching over you, mine to always keep

Verse 1

Behind the lace curtain a low static hums so slow It hushes the room like a tide going out to sea And nothing tonight is asking you anywhere to go You're wrapped in the warmth that only this quiet can be

Pre-chorus

The hum keeps on turning, soft as a wheel in the dark Every small worry is loosening, letting you go Close your eyes now and follow that gentle spark

Chorus

Damian, Damian, the night holds you tight Nothing will reach you, no shadow, no din Damian, sleep now, you're safe in the light Of a house that is humming you softly within

Verse 2

The lamp by the window breathes gold on the wall so still Somewhere the static keeps whispering that all is well You are the calm that this whole quiet room wants to fill And love is the low, steady sound that I can't quite tell

Chorus

Damian, Damian, the night holds you tight Nothing will reach you, no shadow, no din Damian, sleep now, you're safe in the light Of a house that is humming you softly within

Bridge

Rest your small hands, let the hush carry you on Nothing is missing while you are curled here with me

Chorus

Damian, Damian, the night holds you tight Nothing will reach you, no shadow, no din Damian, sleep now, you're safe in the light Of a house that is humming you softly within

Outro

The static fades soft as the lace stops its swaying And you drift off held by the warmth of my staying

Verse 1

The fire is folding into soft grey around one small red glow Everything loud has wandered off to somewhere far and slow You are the warmth that stays when all the sparks have had to go Close your eyes now, let the quiet finally start to grow

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the room is breathing gentle, nothing left to chase Every shadow here has curled up soft around this place So let the last light lower while I hold you safe

Chorus

Damian, sleep is coming down like ash so light and slow Nothing in this whole wide dark can touch the warmth you throw You are the ember steady when the loudest fires go Damian, rest here quiet, let the gentle darkness grow

Verse 2

The night pulls its blanket over rooftops, over trees, over you Somewhere the wind is humming something calm and low and true Nothing needs to happen now, there's nothing left to do Just this small warm glowing thing that I am holding onto

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the room is breathing gentle, nothing left to chase Every shadow here has curled up soft around this place So let the last light lower while I hold you safe

Chorus

Damian, sleep is coming down like ash so light and slow Nothing in this whole wide dark can touch the warmth you throw You are the ember steady when the loudest fires go Damian, rest here quiet, let the gentle darkness grow

Bridge

Even when the last spark dims to nothing you can see You are still the warmth that lingers, still the light in me

Chorus

Damian, sleep is coming down like ash so light and slow Nothing in this whole wide dark can touch the warmth you throw You are the ember steady when the loudest fires go Damian, rest here quiet, let the gentle darkness grow

Outro

The ash falls soft and slow now, and the coal glows on beneath You are the warmth still burning underneath the quiet breath