Songs for Daniela

Verse 1

Bags come down on the gravel Yellow, bright, by the canal You laugh like it's nothing at all And somehow that's when you dazzle

Pre-chorus

Every ordinary minute Turns to gold when you are in it So here's the moment, here's the swell

Chorus

Happy birthday, Daniela Light you carry, near or far Raise a glass and raise it higher Nobody shines like you are

Verse 2

You drop your bags and you're grinning Like the day is only beginning Something in you keeps on winning We're just glad that we're within it

Pre-chorus

Every ordinary minute Turns to gold when you are in it So here's the moment, here's the swell

Chorus

Happy birthday, Daniela Light you carry, near or far Raise a glass and raise it higher Nobody shines like you are

Bridge

Another year, still glowing Still that fire keeps on growing We see you, we're not blind You're the best thing we could find

Chorus

Happy birthday, Daniela Light you carry, near or far Raise a glass and raise it higher Nobody shines like you are

Outro

Bags down by the water We're glad you're who you are

Verse 1

You roll in soaked from the rain Leather case still holding on Doesn't matter how far you came We were waiting since the dawn

Pre-chorus

Set your bags right there Let the wet coat drop Feel the room turn warm

Chorus

Daniela, look what you started Everybody's glad you're here Some hearts leave, some hearts don't Daniela, yours stayed near

Verse 2

That bench outside still holds the cold But nothing cold gets past your door You bring a kind of light in gold We didn't know we needed more

Pre-chorus

Pour another glass Pull another chair Something's starting now

Chorus

Daniela, look what you started Everybody's glad you're here Some hearts leave, some hearts don't Daniela, yours stayed near

Bridge

However far you travel We keep a light lit here However long the journey You land where you're held dear

Chorus

Daniela, look what you started Everybody's glad you're here Some hearts leave, some hearts don't Daniela, yours stayed near

Outro

Let your suitcase rest a while We've got you home again

Verse 1

Empty bottles in a crate Clinking blue against the wall Every sound a little late Waiting for you through it all

Pre-chorus

Something's rattling down the road Something's building, can't be still Grab your coat and drop the load

Chorus

Daniela, light the candle Come on Daniela, ring the bell Nobody spins the room like you can Nobody shines it half as well

Verse 2

Every bottle holds a day Every clink a year gone by We were saving them to say You're the reason we get by

Pre-chorus

Something's rattling down the road Something's building, can't be still Grab your coat and drop the load

Chorus

Daniela, light the candle Come on Daniela, ring the bell Nobody spins the room like you can Nobody shines it half as well

Bridge

Stack the crate up to the sky Let it clatter, let it fall We don't mind the noisy try When it's you behind it all

Chorus

Daniela, light the candle Come on Daniela, ring the bell Nobody spins the room like you can Nobody shines it half as well

Outro

Blue crate rattling by the door We'll keep clinking, ask for more

Verse 1

Two cups going cold on the railing Your hands wrapped round mine for the heat Nobody's rushing to finish This morning's the best thing I'll meet

Chorus

Daniela, stay a while longer here Nowhere I'd rather be found You make the whole grey morning warmer Daniela, you turn the cold town round

Verse 2

You laugh and the steam sort of scatters Like it wanted to hear it too I've stood on colder mornings than this But never once minded, with you

Pre-chorus

I'm not one for saying too much But something in me wants to try So here's the truth before I lose it

Chorus

Daniela, stay a while longer here Nowhere I'd rather be found You make the whole grey morning warmer Daniela, you turn the cold town round

Bridge

No one's watching, no one's timing us Just the railing and the cold coming through I'd take a hundred mornings like this If every one of them held you

Chorus

Daniela, stay a while longer here Nowhere I'd rather be found You make the whole grey morning warmer Daniela, you turn the cold town round

Outro

The cups go cold, we don't even notice Some warmth doesn't need any steam

Verse 1

Someone spilled the plastic ants across the napkin, folded neat you laughed until you couldn't stand and pulled me halfway off my seat

Pre-chorus

It wasn't much, that little mess just a table and a joke but I felt something settle here

Chorus

Daniela, that's the whole thing right there you turning nothing into gold not some fella in a story just this warmth that never gets old

Verse 2

You keep the small stuff close to you the napkin folded wrong on purpose you notice what most people don't and somehow that's what makes me nervous

Chorus

Daniela, that's the whole thing right there you turning nothing into gold not some fella in a story just this warmth that never gets old

Bridge

I don't need Marbella, don't need the view just this table, just this you the ordinary made worth staying for

Chorus

Daniela, that's the whole thing right there you turning nothing into gold not some fella in a story just this warmth that never gets old

Outro

Still those ants across the napkin still you, laughing, still enough

Verse 1

Rain is loud on the canopy above Your shoulder finds mine like it knows Two pairs of shoes, standing close You never once let go of my hand

Pre-chorus

I stopped watching where the water fell Some kind of quiet I can't explain Pulling me nearer to say

Chorus

Daniela, I would stand here all night Under one small roof, holding you tight No one else I'd rather keep dry Daniela, you're the reason I don't mind the sky

Verse 2

Your leather shoes are worn at the toe Mine are scuffed from the same slow road We didn't plan to end up this close But I wouldn't trade it for the driest street

Pre-chorus

I stopped watching where the water fell Some kind of quiet I can't explain Pulling me nearer to say

Chorus

Daniela, I would stand here all night Under one small roof, holding you tight No one else I'd rather keep dry Daniela, you're the reason I don't mind the sky

Bridge

Let the whole street flood if it wants I've got everything I need right here Your hand in mine, your breath so near Nothing outside this matters at all

Chorus

Daniela, I would stand here all night Under one small roof, holding you tight No one else I'd rather keep dry Daniela, you're the reason I don't mind the sky

Outro

The rain will stop, the street will dry But I'll still be right here by your side

Verse 1

Something golden is sliding slowly down the frosted pane tonight Watching over you while the whole house settles into rest Nothing out there can find you, nothing dims your quiet light You are curled up warm here, of every dream you're softly blessed

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the hours are turning soft and slow around your head Little sighs and little breaths are all the sound this room will keep So let your small hands loosen and sink deeper in the bed

Chorus

Daniela, the night is holding you like something rare and small Every shadow bends its shape to shelter where you softly lie Sleep is stitched around you, Daniela, covering it all Nothing in this dark can touch the warmth of your closed eye

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window colours drift and settle out of sight You don't need to chase them, you can let them go so gently Whatever shines out there belongs to morning, not tonight Rest is yours entirely, given fully and intently

Chorus

Daniela, the night is holding you like something rare and small Every shadow bends its shape to shelter where you softly lie Sleep is stitched around you, Daniela, covering it all Nothing in this dark can touch the warmth of your closed eye

Bridge

Breathe in slow, and let the small light dim to amber near your bed Nobody needs waking, nothing calls you back from where you've gone

Chorus

Daniela, the night is holding you like something rare and small Every shadow bends its shape to shelter where you softly lie Sleep is stitched around you, Daniela, covering it all Nothing in this dark can touch the warmth of your closed eye

Outro

Somewhere the light keeps sliding gently down that frosted glass And you are already drifting, further than it ever needs to pass

Verse 1

Far off a train hums low along its metal track tonight and the dark glass windows tremble with the gentlest light but nothing in this whole wide world can reach where you lie wrapped up so warm beneath a soft and watching sky

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the rumble fade to nothing but a hum every worry of the day has quietly gone still and sleep is coming closer now, so soft and warm and slow

Chorus

Daniela, close your eyes, the night is holding you the whole wide dark is gentle and it loves you through and through Daniela, dream a while beneath the quiet stars you are the safest, softest place in all the world of ours

Verse 2

The window glass may rattle when the far train rolls on by but it only sings a lullaby to a peaceful sky and you are wrapped in blankets, in the hush and in the calm held here safe and steady in the curve of a loving arm

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the rumble fade to nothing but a hum every worry of the day has quietly gone still and sleep is coming closer now, so soft and warm and slow

Chorus

Daniela, close your eyes, the night is holding you the whole wide dark is gentle and it loves you through and through Daniela, dream a while beneath the quiet stars you are the safest, softest place in all the world of ours

Bridge

Somewhere a train is fading slowly into far and gone but here the quiet only deepens, soft as dawn you never have to wonder if you're loved and kept and known you are cherished in this stillness, never once alone

Chorus

Daniela, close your eyes, the night is holding you the whole wide dark is gentle and it loves you through and through Daniela, dream a while beneath the quiet stars you are the safest, softest place in all the world of ours

Outro

The glass has stilled, the far off track has hushed and gone quiet sleep now, Daniela, wrapped in calm and in the night

Verse 1

The tea towels are hanging so still by the humming fridge light Everything in this house has gone soft and gone slow Nothing needs doing now, nothing is asking for you Only this quiet, only the warmth we both know

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the humming carry you under Let the small sounds of the kitchen turn into a song There is nowhere you have to be but right here

Chorus

Daniela, the night is folding soft around you Sleep is a blanket that only gets kinder Nobody needs you to open your eyes now Daniela, rest easy, there's nothing you're missing

Verse 2

Somewhere a tap is dripping slow like it's counting you down to dreaming The fridge keeps humming low like it's holding its own steady tune You don't have to listen, you don't have to hold onto anything Just let your breathing slow till it matches the room

Chorus

Daniela, the night is folding soft around you Sleep is a blanket that only gets kinder Nobody needs you to open your eyes now Daniela, rest easy, there's nothing you're missing

Bridge

However far you drift, this kitchen will keep its light on You are held here so gently, you barely feel the weight

Chorus

Daniela, the night is folding soft around you Sleep is a blanket that only gets kinder Nobody needs you to open your eyes now Daniela, rest easy, there's nothing you're missing

Outro

The tea towels still hang white and quiet by the fridge's gentle hum Sleep now, Daniela, morning will come soft when it comes