Songs for Dennis

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up by the cupboards Flour drifting where you wander You turn a mess into a party Even chaos loves you, Dennis, clearly

Pre-chorus

Every year you bring this magic Turn the ordinary into something classic So light the candles, here it comes

Chorus

Dennis, Dennis, look at you now Turning this kitchen into a crowd Nobody else could steal the scene You make the smallest moments gleam

Verse 2

Dust settles soft around your footsteps You laugh it off, you never let it Slow you down or dim your shine You make the ordinary feel divine

Chorus

Dennis, Dennis, look at you now Turning this kitchen into a crowd Nobody else could steal the scene You make the smallest moments gleam

Bridge

Here's to the mess that you made lovely Here's to the joy you bring so easy We raise a glass, we raise a cheer

Chorus

Dennis, Dennis, look at you now Turning this kitchen into a crowd Nobody else could steal the scene You make the smallest moments gleam

Outro

Boxes will empty, dust will clear But you're the one we're keeping here

Verse 1

Kettle's rattling, steam on the rise Plates stacked up beside your hand You hold this corner like a prize You make this crowded table grand

Pre-chorus

Everybody's leaning your way Cups are ready, hearts are too Feel it building, here's what we say

Chorus

Dennis, light the candles now We're cheering loud for you tonight Dennis, take your crown and bow You turn this room to gold and light

Verse 2

The table wobbles, nobody cares You steady it without a fuss We'd cross a room of folding chairs Just to spend this hour with us

Pre-chorus

Everybody's leaning your way Cups are ready, hearts are too Feel it building, here's what we say

Chorus

Dennis, light the candles now We're cheering loud for you tonight Dennis, take your crown and bow You turn this room to gold and light

Bridge

No fancy hall, no velvet floor Just you, and that's enough for more

Chorus

Dennis, light the candles now We're cheering loud for you tonight Dennis, take your crown and bow You turn this room to gold and light

Outro

Kettle's still singing on the side You're the warmth we can't outride

Verse 1

Cups roll across the wet dance floor We danced till we can't dance no more Green and yellow lights keep turning You made us want to stay for more

Pre-chorus

The band's still playing one more song Nobody wants to say so long So lift your glass before we go

Chorus

Dennis, put your dancing shoes back on Nobody lights a room like you, Dennis The night's not finished, count me in Here's to you, let the good times spin

Verse 2

Chairs are stacked but we're not through There's one more toast still owed to you Somebody's laughing by the doorway Waiting on the birthday crew

Chorus

Dennis, put your dancing shoes back on Nobody lights a room like you, Dennis The night's not finished, count me in Here's to you, let the good times spin

Bridge

Every year we raise this same old cheer Because a night's not right without you here So let the horns play loud and slow

Chorus

Dennis, put your dancing shoes back on Nobody lights a room like you, Dennis The night's not finished, count me in Here's to you, let the good times spin

Outro

Lights still spinning, green and gold Dennis, that's the way we'll grow old

Verse 1

Two blankets folded over dry logs You lay them down without a word Embers hold their glow till morning Something in that steadiness I trust

Pre-chorus

I've watched you build this kind of warmth Never rushing, never loud Now the quiet asks me closer

Chorus

Dennis, you're the fire I bank at night Not the spark but the steady light No one else keeps me half this warm You're the reason cold feels right

Verse 2

Wool against the winter coming through You wrap it round my shoulders first Smoke goes up before the sleeping Care like that, I never learned to earn

Pre-chorus

I've watched you build this kind of warmth Never rushing, never loud Now the quiet asks me closer

Chorus

Dennis, you're the fire I bank at night Not the spark but the steady light No one else keeps me half this warm You're the reason cold feels right

Bridge

Let the whole world turn to frost We'll keep low coals and call it home You never needed to be loud Just steady, and that's plenty

Chorus

Dennis, you're the fire I bank at night Not the spark but the steady light No one else keeps me half this warm You're the reason cold feels right

Outro

Morning finds the embers holding still You're the warmth that never had to try

Verse 1

Headlights cross the grease and stone Wire fence holding up the night alone I park here just to think of you Every empty lot feels lit right through

Pre-chorus

I keep circling back to this same place Where the dark can't touch your face Something's building, and I can't slow down

Chorus

Dennis, you're the light I trust Steady when the engine's turned to rust No one else has held me half as still Dennis, you're the only sure thing still

Verse 2

Tarmac's cracked but the line still holds Same as how this love just unfolds You don't need the shine to be real I know true by how you make me feel

Bridge

No grand gesture, no dressed up scene Just you, and the space between That's enough, that's always been

Chorus

Dennis, you're the light I trust Steady when the engine's turned to rust No one else has held me half as still Dennis, you're the only sure thing still

Outro

Turn the engine off, let the light fade slow Wherever you are, that's the way I'll go

Verse 1

Map folded open on the dash Orange light across your hands Midnight and the engine humming You're the only thing that stands

Pre-chorus

I don't need to know the roads Long as you're the one that's near Something's building, getting close

Chorus

Dennis, you're the reason I don't rush Nothing in this world's a menace When you're sitting there beside me Steady as a game of tennis

Verse 2

Streetlights blur along the glass Miles keep falling out of view Doesn't matter where we're going Long as I am going with you

Bridge

Some nights all we've got is quiet And a road that just won't end I'll take that over anything Long as you're my only friend

Chorus

Dennis, you're the reason I don't rush Nothing in this world's a menace When you're sitting there beside me Steady as a game of tennis

Outro

Fold the map, we know the way now Your light's the one that gets me home

Verse 1

White flakes are settling soft against the darkened pane tonight and somewhere in the corner low pipes are ticking warm and slight the whole wide world outside has slowed to a hush of falling snow and you are held here safe where every worry loses its bite

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the ticking pipes sing low and slow feel how the warmth is gathering soft around you here this is the hour when all the little fears just go

Chorus

Dennis, the night is wrapping gentle round you now hush now, Dennis, nothing here will ever harm you somehow sleep is a quiet river and you're drifting on its glow Dennis, my love is deeper than this snow

Verse 2

The glass holds back the cold while you stay warm beneath your covers the frost is only drawing pictures meant for no one else but you and every flake that settles is a hush too soft to wake you so rest, the whole small world tonight belongs to only you

Chorus

Dennis, the night is wrapping gentle round you now hush now, Dennis, nothing here will ever harm you somehow sleep is a quiet river and you're drifting on its glow Dennis, my love is deeper than this snow

Bridge

Let the pipes keep ticking soft, their small and steady song you are held here closer than you'll ever need to know

Chorus

Dennis, the night is wrapping gentle round you now hush now, Dennis, nothing here will ever harm you somehow sleep is a quiet river and you're drifting on its glow Dennis, my love is deeper than this snow

Outro

The flakes are settling slower now against the quiet glass and you are drifting softer still, held safe until the dawn

Verse 1

The stripes on the wall are melting soft into grey while the last bit of light slowly slips away your door stands half open, so nothing feels far and you know that you're held just the way that things are

Chorus

Dennis, my love, let the quiet come near close up your eyes, there is nothing to fear Dennis, the dark is a blanket, not a wall and you are the safest thing here of them all

Verse 2

Somewhere beyond that old door in the hall a house settles down like a slow breath at all you don't need to wonder what waits in the dim this whole sleepy house folds up gentle round him

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the shadows are only for resting no need for your eyes to keep testing just let your small breathing go soft and go slow

Chorus

Dennis, my love, let the quiet come near close up your eyes, there is nothing to fear Dennis, the dark is a blanket, not a wall and you are the safest thing here of them all

Bridge

Even the wallpaper's given up trying to shine it's letting the night have its slow, easy time so let your held breath finally settle and fall

Chorus

Dennis, my love, let the quiet come near close up your eyes, there is nothing to fear Dennis, the dark is a blanket, not a wall and you are the safest thing here of them all

Outro

The stripes on the wall have gone soft into night sleep well, little one, you were always the light

Verse 1

The water has gone quiet under the small dim light One bubble leans and settles, taking its own sweet time Nothing in this room is asking you to hurry tonight Only warmth around you, only this hum of mine

Pre-chorus

Your eyes are getting heavy, soft as the fading foam Let every little worry drift and slowly disappear There's nowhere in the world tonight as safe as home

Chorus

Dennis, close your eyes now, let the whole house rest Nothing out there in the dark can reach this bed You are held here gently, you are always blessed Dennis, hush now, dennis, lay your sleepy head

Verse 2

The bulb above is dimming like a tired golden eye Watching all the bubbles going soft, then going still Your breathing finds the same slow rhythm, soft and shy Matching every quiet moment however the night may spill

Pre-chorus

Your eyes are getting heavy, soft as the fading foam Let every little worry drift and slowly disappear There's nowhere in the world tonight as safe as home

Chorus

Dennis, close your eyes now, let the whole house rest Nothing out there in the dark can reach this bed You are held here gently, you are always blessed Dennis, hush now, dennis, lay your sleepy head

Bridge

Somewhere between the water and the dark, you're drifting Carried soft and slow, no need to fight the tide

Chorus

Dennis, close your eyes now, let the whole house rest Nothing out there in the dark can reach this bed You are held here gently, you are always blessed Dennis, hush now, dennis, lay your sleepy head

Outro

The last small bubble fades beneath the dimming light above Sleep now, little dennis, wrapped in all this quiet love