Songs for Darcey

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up round the room We built this place to hold you soon Every bulb was hung with care Just to catch you standing there

Pre-chorus

Something's coming, feel it rise Light is catching in your eyes Hold that breath, we're nearly there

Chorus

Darcey, Darcey, this is your night Every string of bulbs burns bright We came here just to sing for you Darcey, nobody shines like you

Verse 2

We hung the lights along the wall Just to watch you steal them all Cardboard boxes, brick and glow None of it means much, you know

Pre-chorus

Something's coming, feel it rise Light is catching in your eyes Hold that breath, we're nearly there

Chorus

Darcey, Darcey, this is your night Every string of bulbs burns bright We came here just to sing for you Darcey, nobody shines like you

Bridge

Stamp your feet, let the fiddle fly Raise a cheer up to the sky Every year you're worth the noise

Chorus

Darcey, Darcey, this is your night Every string of bulbs burns bright We came here just to sing for you Darcey, nobody shines like you

Outro

Bulbs will dim and boxes fall We'll still be singing after all

Verse 1

We strung the tires up with string Paper cups line the folding board You walk in and the whole shed sings This is the birthday we can't afford

Pre-chorus

Grease on our hands, joy on our face Somebody grab the drum and the horn Get ready, we're about to raise

Chorus

Darcey, this whole room came for you Cups are raised, the candles burn Nobody loves like this crowd loves you Darcey, it's your turn

Verse 2

The oil cans rattle when we cheer You laugh so hard the table shakes Everybody wanted to be here Just to watch the smile you make

Chorus

Darcey, this whole room came for you Cups are raised, the candles burn Nobody loves like this crowd loves you Darcey, it's your turn

Bridge

Hands up high, sing it loud and true We don't need a fancy hall We just need a room with you

Chorus

Darcey, this whole room came for you Cups are raised, the candles burn Nobody loves like this crowd loves you Darcey, it's your turn

Outro

The cups are empty, the tires still sway We'll love you just the same next May

Verse 1

Snow is falling soft and slow Past the hydrant's yellow glow Your steps sink into grey slush Nobody moves like you, though

Pre-chorus

Every mark you leave stays warm Even melting keeps its form So let the whole room turn to you now

Chorus

Darcey, light up all this cold You're the story to be told We came here just to cheer for you Darcey, you're worth more than gold

Verse 2

Flakes keep falling on your name Nothing here will look the same You turn plain streets into wonder Every year you play this game

Bridge

Blow the candles, watch them melt like snow Another year of you, we're glad to know Whatever weather comes your way We'll sing this louder, watch it grow

Chorus

Darcey, light up all this cold You're the story to be told We came here just to cheer for you Darcey, you're worth more than gold

Outro

Footprints fade but you won't fade You're the warmth the winter made

Verse 1

The receiver rests beside the glass Under a lamp that burns so low I never learned to hang it up I keep it near in case you call

Pre-chorus

I don't need much, just steady light A little warmth to hold the room And you, still on my mind tonight

Chorus

Darcey, you're the quiet in the noise The one I choose above all choice No need to shout it, no need to try Darcey, you're the reason for the light

Verse 2

The ashtray's empty, cold and clean No smoke to hide what's plain to see I never needed all that haze Just you, exactly how you are

Pre-chorus

I don't need much, just steady light A little warmth to hold the room And you, still on my mind tonight

Chorus

Darcey, you're the quiet in the noise The one I choose above all choice No need to shout it, no need to try Darcey, you're the reason for the light

Bridge

Some loves burn loud, then burn out fast Ours just sits here, plain and true Nothing fancy, nothing rushed Just a table, and a room with you

Chorus

Darcey, you're the quiet in the noise The one I choose above all choice No need to shout it, no need to try Darcey, you're the reason for the light

Outro

The lamp still burns beside the glass And I still leave the line for you

Verse 1

Dust rises up from the crate Every worn old sleeve feels like fate I stop on one gone soft and grey And think of you in a different way

Pre-chorus

Every cover holds a little scar Every song was playing somewhere, somewhere far But none of them sound like where you are

Chorus

Darcey, you're the calm in my chest Darcey, you make plain look like the best No song on this shelf gets it right You're the one that plays through the night

Verse 2

Some spines are cracked, some hold up fine I run my thumb along every line None of them ever needed to try You just are, and that's why

Pre-chorus

Every cover holds a little scar Every song was playing somewhere, somewhere far But none of them sound like where you are

Chorus

Darcey, you're the calm in my chest Darcey, you make plain look like the best No song on this shelf gets it right You're the one that plays through the night

Bridge

I don't need the needle to drop To know that with you, my worry stops You steady me without a sound That's the quietest love I've found

Chorus

Darcey, you're the calm in my chest Darcey, you make plain look like the best No song on this shelf gets it right You're the one that plays through the night

Outro

Let the dust settle back in the crate You're still the one I'd pick, first or late

Verse 1

Salt water jumps the metal rail You laugh before the spray lands I watch you lean into the wind And reach without thinking for my hand

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is fancy or new Just orange buoys and a grey sea But standing next to you

Chorus

Darcey, you're the calm in the noise The steady thing I lean upon Nobody holds a room like you, Darcey And nobody ever will when you're gone

Verse 2

The railing's cold beneath our hands You don't let go, you never do I've walked this same stretch on my own It only means something with you

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is fancy or new Just orange buoys and a grey sea But standing next to you

Chorus

Darcey, you're the calm in the noise The steady thing I lean upon Nobody holds a room like you, Darcey And nobody ever will when you're gone

Bridge

Let the tide come, let it go I'm not moving from this rail You're the reason I don't feel small When the water turns and the wind picks up

Chorus

Darcey, you're the calm in the noise The steady thing I lean upon Nobody holds a room like you, Darcey And nobody ever will when you're gone

Outro

Let the green water keep on splashing I'll stay right here, holding the line

Verse 1

The brass hook holds one shadow down the wallpaper wall stretching soft and slow as evening starts to fall it never moves, it never wavers, standing tall watching over you through it all

Chorus

Darcey, Darcey, close your eyes and drift away rest your head where all the soft light lays you are held here, you are wanted, come what may Darcey, sleep now, till the break of day

Verse 2

The room breathes quiet as the lamp turns low and gold wrapping round you like a story often told nothing sharp here, nothing hurried, nothing cold just the warmth that this small house can hold

Pre-chorus

Outside the wind is only humming to itself and every worry can be folded up and put on the shelf so let the hush come closer, let it climb up soft and slow

Chorus

Darcey, Darcey, close your eyes and drift away rest your head where all the soft light lays you are held here, you are wanted, come what may Darcey, sleep now, till the break of day

Bridge

Nothing will move while you are sleeping here no shadow falls that isn't kind, my dear the whole night keeps its steady watch nearby

Chorus

Darcey, Darcey, close your eyes and drift away rest your head where all the soft light lays you are held here, you are wanted, come what may Darcey, sleep now, till the break of day

Outro

The hook still holds its shadow soft against the wall and you are held the same way, gentle through it all

Verse 1

Coins are resting quiet in their little cup of light riding home while the whole wide world turns still and slow you are curled up safe against the coming night holding all the warmth that any heart could know

Pre-chorus

Every mile is humming soft beneath the seat engines whisper lower than a lullaby you know and my heart keeps time with your breathing, slow and sweet

Chorus

Darcey, the glow is holding you tonight close as any hand could ever be Farsi or English, hushed in amber light you are the calm the whole dark cannot see

Verse 2

Streetlights blink and pass like slow, sleepy little stars you watch them drifting soft behind your heavy eyes nothing in this whole wide night can do you harm only quiet roads and low, unhurried skies

Bridge

Rest your small head, let the hum become a song nothing asks for parsley wit or artsy games tonight just the gentle dark that carries you along

Chorus

Darcey, the glow is holding you tonight close as any hand could ever be Farsi or English, hushed in amber light you are the calm the whole dark cannot see

Outro

The coins have settled, quiet in their little cup of light sleep now, love, you are held here safe till morning light

Verse 1

A thin gold line creeps in beneath the wooden door tonight and lays itself so softly on the carpet by your bed someone still moves quietly out there, close and near it comes to tell you, Darcey, you are held and you are right

Pre-chorus

Let your eyes grow heavy now, the day has had its say the house breathes slow around you as the light begins to fade so let the last small worry simply drift away

Chorus

Darcey, hush now, let the quiet carry you to sleep nothing in this house would ever let you fall too deep you are steady, you are wanted, you are safe here in the dark Darcey, close your eyes, there's nothing here to keep

Verse 2

Grey carpet holds the warmth of every step that brought you home that yellow light was always someone watching, waiting near not a shadow, never distant, always here a promise laid in colour that you never walk alone

Bridge

Sleep isn't leaving, it's a gentle kind of staying close you can rest inside the knowing that you're loved beyond a doubt

Chorus

Darcey, hush now, let the quiet carry you to sleep nothing in this house would ever let you fall too deep you are steady, you are wanted, you are safe here in the dark Darcey, close your eyes, there's nothing here to keep

Outro

That same gold light will still be waiting when the morning comes so rest now, little one, the night is only holding you