Songs for Eira

Verse 1

Your mug's gone cold and you don't care You're still talking, hands mid air Charger cord tied up in knots Like every thought we never spare

Pre-chorus

I keep meaning to look away There's work still waiting on the desk But you just said my name again

Chorus

Eira, say it one more time I'll drop whatever's in my hand Two mugs steaming, going cold Eira, this is where I stand

Verse 2

You reach across for the wrong cup Laugh and swap them, don't look up Small mistake I want to keep Some nights that's enough to fill me up

Pre-chorus

I keep meaning to look away There's work still waiting on the desk But you just said my name again

Chorus

Eira, say it one more time I'll drop whatever's in my hand Two mugs steaming, going cold Eira, this is where I stand

Bridge

No candles lit, no big design Just your elbow next to mine Wires crossed and neither one of us minds

Chorus

Eira, say it one more time I'll drop whatever's in my hand Two mugs steaming, going cold Eira, this is where I stand

Outro

Steam's gone up and disappeared Still glad you're the one sitting here

Verse 1

A wet sock hangs upon the line Small drips falling in slow time Six yellow crocus heads below And you're the reason I feel fine

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is dressed up much Just ordinary, honest stuff But it turns to gold at your touch

Chorus

Eira, you make the plain days shine Nobody steadies me like you do, Eira You don't need a grander word Just you, and this life we call mine

Verse 2

I've watched you hang the washing out Never once complaining or in doubt Small things done with such care That's what love is all about

Chorus

Eira, you make the plain days shine Nobody steadies me like you do, Eira You don't need a grander word Just you, and this life we call mine

Bridge

No need for seasons to explain it No need for reasons, I just feel it You're here in the smallest hour And that's enough, I won't complain it

Chorus

Eira, you make the plain days shine Nobody steadies me like you do, Eira You don't need a grander word Just you, and this life we call mine

Outro

The sock still hangs, the flowers grow And I love you, plain and slow

Verse 1

Gravel crunching under my boots Steep hill, but I don't slow down Somewhere past my doubts and my roots There's a gate that lets me in your town

Chorus

Eira, you're the reason I climb You could turn away, but you never do Eira, you've been steady through time Every road I walk leads home to you

Verse 2

That rusty gate still swings for me Hinges creaking, but it holds You never asked who I'd be Just let me in from the cold

Pre-chorus

I've carried heavier things than this Carried doubt up hills of stone But your name is the one I can't miss

Chorus

Eira, you're the reason I climb You could turn away, but you never do Eira, you've been steady through time Every road I walk leads home to you

Bridge

No map ever brought me here Just the pull of you, plain and clear

Chorus

Eira, you're the reason I climb You could turn away, but you never do Eira, you've been steady through time Every road I walk leads home to you

Outro

That gate still hangs open wide And I'm still walking to your side

Verse 1

A thin gold thread slips through the door left ajar for you Small pieces of light are drifting soft and slow above your head I watch them turning, catching every breath that you breathe through And know there's nowhere safer in the world than this small bed

Pre-chorus

The house has gone quiet, every corner settling down Nothing can reach you while I'm sitting here so near So let your eyes grow heavy, let the hush wrap all around

Chorus

Eira, the light is low and gentle just for you Close your eyes now, Eira, morning waits its turn Nothing in this whole wide world could ever see you through Like the warmth that holds you, Eira, while the small light burns

Verse 2

Somewhere past the doorway the ordinary world rolls on But nothing out there matters more than this hush we share I'll stay until the last of all that amber glow is gone And when you drift off smiling I'll still be right there

Chorus

Eira, the light is low and gentle just for you Close your eyes now, Eira, morning waits its turn Nothing in this whole wide world could ever see you through Like the warmth that holds you, Eira, while the small light burns

Bridge

Dust turns slow in the sliver of gold, and so do my thoughts of you Every quiet breath you take is a small and steady kind of true

Chorus

Eira, the light is low and gentle just for you Close your eyes now, Eira, morning waits its turn Nothing in this whole wide world could ever see you through Like the warmth that holds you, Eira, while the small light burns

Outro

The door stays open just a little, the gold still soft and thin Sleep now, love, however far you dream, I'm keeping watch within

Verse 1

A spoon has stopped its ringing in the bowl left on the table Somewhere a clock is chiming, slow as it is able You are the softest sound left in this house tonight Curled where the lamp goes dim and the hallway loses light

Pre-chorus

Every small noise is settling now into the walls Even the water in the pipes grows quiet as it falls So let your breathing be the last sound left to hear

Chorus

Eira, sleep is coming soft to find you here Close your eyes, my Eira, there is nothing left to fear Every hour is folding into one long, gentle rhyme Eira, you are held here, safe outside of time

Verse 2

The kitchen light has faded to a low and amber glow Somebody washed the bowl and set it down here nice and slow You are the warmth that lingers when the busy day is done The quiet at the centre once the noise has come undone

Pre-chorus

Every small noise is settling now into the walls Even the water in the pipes grows quiet as it falls So let your breathing be the last sound left to hear

Chorus

Eira, sleep is coming soft to find you here Close your eyes, my Eira, there is nothing left to fear Every hour is folding into one long, gentle rhyme Eira, you are held here, safe outside of time

Bridge

Nothing needs to happen now but resting where you lie Let the whole wide dark become a gentle lullaby

Chorus

Eira, sleep is coming soft to find you here Close your eyes, my Eira, there is nothing left to fear Every hour is folding into one long, gentle rhyme Eira, you are held here, safe outside of time

Outro

Somewhere far off a spoon lies still inside its bowl Sleep now, you are the warmest, quietest thing I know

Verse 1

The bare oak branches stir so slowly on the ceiling tonight drifting like slow breath across the pale and silver light and every little shift is soft, and nothing here will bite you are held so close and warm, you are safe within my sight

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the shadows carry you away nothing in this room will wake you before the break of day hush now, hush now, drift along and stay

Chorus

Eira, Eira, the night is soft and low the branches sway so gently just to watch you as you go Eira, you are cradled everywhere I know sleep now, little Eira, let the quiet river flow

Verse 2

The moonlight pools so pale and still across your quiet bed and every shadow passing by just nods above your head nothing out there in the dark comes close to where you're led you are the warmest thing this whole wide sleeping house has said

Chorus

Eira, Eira, the night is soft and low the branches sway so gently just to watch you as you go Eira, you are cradled everywhere I know sleep now, little Eira, let the quiet river flow

Bridge

No branch, no shadow, no far and quiet star could ever hold you softer than the ones who know who you are rest now, you are wanted just exactly as you are

Chorus

Eira, Eira, the night is soft and low the branches sway so gently just to watch you as you go Eira, you are cradled everywhere I know sleep now, little Eira, let the quiet river flow

Outro

The branches still are moving slow across the ceiling white sleep now, you are so deeply loved, and held through all the night