Songs for Duncan

Verse 1

Steam rising off a plastic chair folded washing waits its turn a small box sits on the table but you're the reason it should burn

Pre-chorus

Ordinary rooms light up the second that you walk on in so let the trumpets start already

Chorus

Duncan, here's to you today happy as the rising sun can every candle knows your name nobody shines quite like Duncan

Verse 2

Every launderette gets warmer when you're standing in the queue folks forget what they came in for just glad the day brought them to you

Bridge

Raise your voices, raise them louder let the brass ring out the tune this is one day built around you every room feels lucky when it's you

Chorus

Duncan, here's to you today happy as the rising sun can every candle knows your name nobody shines quite like Duncan

Outro

Steam still rises, chair still waits but you're the warmth that fills the place

Verse 1

Cups lined up along the rail Rattle when the wind picks up Nothing here could ever fail When you're the one who fills the cup

Pre-chorus

Hear that whistle down the track Feel the platform start to shake We're not looking to go back

Chorus

Duncan, light the whole platform up Trains rush by but you're the one Steady hands around your cup Best thing built since time begun

Verse 2

Evening train comes roaring through Every cup begins to sway Still my eyes stay fixed on you Standing strong and here to stay

Pre-chorus

Hear that whistle down the track Feel the platform start to shake We're not looking to go back

Chorus

Duncan, light the whole platform up Trains rush by but you're the one Steady hands around your cup Best thing built since time begun

Bridge

Every year the trains keep coming Every year you're still right here Wind can howl and clocks keep running You're the one thing always clear

Chorus

Duncan, light the whole platform up Trains rush by but you're the one Steady hands around your cup Best thing built since time begun

Outro

Let the cups blow where they may We raise ours to you today

Verse 1

A parcel's sitting on the stair The window's open, catching air Nobody's rushing to go and grab it Because we know that you'll be there

Pre-chorus

The candles haven't started yet We're holding on to every breath Waiting for the moment you walk in

Chorus

Duncan, this whole room's for you Every song we know is true Light's still catching on the landing Duncan, nobody else will do

Verse 2

You climb the stairs the way you always do Slow enough to make us laugh at you Somebody shouts to hurry up the parcel You just grin like you already knew

Bridge

However far you've had to run However long since it begun We're always glad when you turn up One more year and one has won

Chorus

Duncan, this whole room's for you Every song we know is true Light's still catching on the landing Duncan, nobody else will do

Outro

The window's still wide open now We're glad you're here, however loud

Verse 1

Rain came fast and caught us out Standing here with nothing to shout Brick wall warm against my back Your shoulder finds the same small gap

Pre-chorus

Umbrellas folded, we don't need them now Water's dripping off the gutter somehow But I'm not watching that, I'm watching you

Chorus

Duncan, you're the reason I don't run Rain can fall till the storm is done Every quiet place turns into somewhere good When you're the one I'm standing with

Verse 2

Cars go past and spray the kerb Nobody else has said a word But you laugh soft and lean in near And that's the only sound I hear

Chorus

Duncan, you're the reason I don't run Rain can fall till the storm is done Every quiet place turns into somewhere good When you're the one I'm standing with

Bridge

Doesn't matter how the weather turns However long this shelter lasts I've learned that home's not walls or roofs It's whoever's stood there when it's bad

Chorus

Duncan, you're the reason I don't run Rain can fall till the storm is done Every quiet place turns into somewhere good When you're the one I'm standing with

Outro

Let the gutters keep on dripping slow I'm not going anywhere you go

Verse 1

I walk the tarmac path alone Under the trees where the dark has grown Then I see your window burning gold And I know I'm nearly home

Pre-chorus

That light was always yours to keep It finds me when the street's asleep And something in my chest gives way

Chorus

Duncan, you're the reason I run Home past the trees to find the one Steady as the rising sun Duncan, my work is never done

Verse 2

Some nights I don't say very much I just sit close enough to touch You put the kettle on again And that's the whole of us

Pre-chorus

That light was always yours to keep It finds me when the street's asleep And something in my chest gives way

Chorus

Duncan, you're the reason I run Home past the trees to find the one Steady as the rising sun Duncan, my work is never done

Bridge

I've loved you plain, I've loved you slow Through every year I didn't know Where else was I going to go

Chorus

Duncan, you're the reason I run Home past the trees to find the one Steady as the rising sun Duncan, my work is never done

Outro

The window's lit, the path is clear I'm nearly there, I'm nearly here

Verse 1

Two spoons rest on a crowded tray Nobody else would think them a pair But I could pick yours out any day Just by the way it's sitting there

Pre-chorus

It's never the big loud proof I need It's small things sitting close and still And every one of them says

Chorus

Duncan, you're the calm in the noise Some things just fit, the way we do London could lose all its sun can And I'd still be steady with you

Verse 2

The counter's crowded, cups pushed tight But we don't get lost in all that mess I find you easy, in bad light I know your shape from all the rest

Pre-chorus

It's never the big loud proof I need It's small things sitting close and still And every one of them says

Chorus

Duncan, you're the calm in the noise Some things just fit, the way we do London could lose all its sun can And I'd still be steady with you

Bridge

Not everyone gets to be chosen so plain Not everyone gets to be sure But I knew you the way you know rain Before it has touched the door

Chorus

Duncan, you're the calm in the noise Some things just fit, the way we do London could lose all its sun can And I'd still be steady with you

Outro

Leave the spoons where they lie, don't move them I'll still be right here, next to you

Verse 1

White cotton drifts soft where the warm pipes hum below the glass You watch it sway slow while the whole house breathes beside you Nothing in this room asks anything of you tonight Just quiet, and warmth, and the hush that stays to guide you

Pre-chorus

Outside the pane the dark is settling in to stay Your eyes are growing heavy, soft as evening light Let go now, gently, drifting far away

Chorus

Duncan, the window is closed and the night is kind Sleep can find you easy as breath, as sun can rise again Nobody needs you to be anything but still and warm and mine, Duncan Rest now, love, let the quiet in

Verse 2

Somewhere a radiator ticks its slow and steady song Wrapped in warmth, you're further from the cold than you know Every soft thread of that cotton holds you close and long Sleep is only love with nowhere left to go

Pre-chorus

Outside the pane the dark is settling in to stay Your eyes are growing heavy, soft as evening light Let go now, gently, drifting far away

Chorus

Duncan, the window is closed and the night is kind Sleep can find you easy as breath, as sun can rise again Nobody needs you to be anything but still and warm and mine, Duncan Rest now, love, let the quiet in

Bridge

Hold nothing tonight but the warmth at your side No wind can reach you, no dark can undo Sleep is a river and you are its tide

Chorus

Duncan, the window is closed and the night is kind Sleep can find you easy as breath, as sun can rise again Nobody needs you to be anything but still and warm and mine, Duncan Rest now, love, let the quiet in

Outro

White cotton settles soft against the warm and quiet pane Sleep now, Duncan, safe until the morning comes again

Verse 1

Rest now, the oars are lying flat and still tonight Nothing is rocking, nothing needs to move or run Water outside has settled into soft and gentle light Close your small eyes now, Duncan, dreaming has begun

Pre-chorus

Nobody's rowing, nobody needs to steer or roam Quiet is holding every corner of this floating home Drift a little further, closer into sleep you go

Chorus

Duncan, the night is wrapped around you soft and slow You are the warmest thing this quiet water knows Hush now, my Duncan, let the gentle current flow Sleep is the shore where every little dreamer goes

Verse 2

Somewhere a lantern hums a low and easy golden tune Nothing can reach you here beneath this calm and cloudy moon Stars have been folded into blankets soft as one You are the reason this whole boat has come undone

Chorus

Duncan, the night is wrapped around you soft and slow You are the warmest thing this quiet water knows Hush now, my Duncan, let the gentle current flow Sleep is the shore where every little dreamer goes

Bridge

Nothing will wake you, nothing will make you stir Safe in this stillness, wrapped in the dark like fur

Chorus

Duncan, the night is wrapped around you soft and slow You are the warmest thing this quiet water knows Hush now, my Duncan, let the gentle current flow Sleep is the shore where every little dreamer goes

Outro

Somewhere the oars are resting, waiting for the sun Sleep now, my Duncan, your quiet boat has won

Verse 1

Close your eyes now, love is watching just beyond the wooden door There's a hush upon this house that you have never felt before Every corner of this room is holding you in gentle care Sleep will find you soft and slow, there's nothing waiting but the air

Pre-chorus

Somewhere down along the floor a thread of light begins to glow Underneath the door it waits, so quiet, warm and low It stays to watch you drifting as your breathing turns and slow

Chorus

Duncan, Duncan, rest your head and let the night grow still and long Nothing here can reach you now, you're wrapped inside this quiet song Sleep can hold you soft as sun can, gentle as a river runs You are safe till morning comes, my Duncan, dearest one

Verse 2

Midnight settles like a blanket folding over every sound Somewhere past the edge of dreaming, comfort wraps itself around You are held by every corner, every shadow soft and slow Nothing in this house will wake you, nothing here will let you go

Pre-chorus

Somewhere down along the floor a thread of light begins to glow Underneath the door it waits, so quiet, warm and low It stays to watch you drifting as your breathing turns and slow

Chorus

Duncan, Duncan, rest your head and let the night grow still and long Nothing here can reach you now, you're wrapped inside this quiet song Sleep can hold you soft as sun can, gentle as a river runs You are safe till morning comes, my Duncan, dearest one

Bridge

Whatever waits beyond the door will keep till morning's light You are loved beyond the counting, held here through the night

Chorus

Duncan, Duncan, rest your head and let the night grow still and long Nothing here can reach you now, you're wrapped inside this quiet song Sleep can hold you soft as sun can, gentle as a river runs You are safe till morning comes, my Duncan, dearest one

Outro

That thread of light beneath the door will still be softly gleaming You'll wake to find it waiting there, safe through all your dreaming