Songs for Elena

Verse 1

Two mugs going cold on the desk Books stacked up we never sort Hours pass and we don't notice Time moves slow when you're this close

Pre-chorus

I keep losing track of the clock Keep forgetting what I meant to say Something in this room is shifting

Chorus

Elena, stay a little longer here Nothing else feels half as clear You're the reason I don't leave Elena, this is my arena

Verse 2

The papers pile up, we ignore them Your hand moves like it knows the way I watch you read and I forget What I even came here to say

Bridge

Nobody else makes silence feel like this Nobody else turns waiting into rest I'd sit here till the coffee's gone cold twice Just to keep you close, just to keep this

Chorus

Elena, stay a little longer here Nothing else feels half as clear You're the reason I don't leave Elena, this is my arena

Outro

Two mugs sitting cold and empty now Still the best hours I've ever known

Verse 1

Rain slides slow across the glass Neon flickers as cars pass You are curled up, half asleep This is a moment I want to keep

Chorus

Elena, the light finds your face Nothing here feels out of place Steady as that orange glow Elena, this is all I know

Verse 2

Traffic hums three floors below Your hand stays warm in mine, and slow No need to fill the quiet air Just glad that you are sitting there

Pre-chorus

Some nights don't ask for much at all Just rain, and streetlight on the wall And you, still here, before I fall

Chorus

Elena, the light finds your face Nothing here feels out of place Steady as that orange glow Elena, this is all I know

Bridge

Cities change and windows too But I would know this feeling anywhere with you Long after this room is gone

Chorus

Elena, the light finds your face Nothing here feels out of place Steady as that orange glow Elena, this is all I know

Outro

Rain still slides across the glass You are the warmth that stays, that lasts

Verse 1

The floor was green under fluorescent light Humming soft through the middle of the night I sat there counting tiles on the ground And you held on and made it feel right

Pre-chorus

Nothing about that hallway was kind But you kept talking, kept me in line And I felt something steady begin

Chorus

Elena, you keep me standing still You're the calm I never had to build Some hold your hand just to pass the time But you're the one I'd choose if I could choose at will

Verse 2

Years from that corridor, further on I still hear the hum when you are gone You call and the noise goes quiet again Like the light in that hallway at dawn

Pre-chorus

Nothing about that hallway was kind But you kept talking, kept me in line And I felt something steady begin

Chorus

Elena, you keep me standing still You're the calm I never had to build Some hold your hand just to pass the time But you're the one I'd choose if I could choose at will

Bridge

No one prepares you for waiting rooms Or how love finds you under bad light But you stayed, and that was the whole of it You stayed, and somehow that made it right

Chorus

Elena, you keep me standing still You're the calm I never had to build Some hold your hand just to pass the time But you're the one I'd choose if I could choose at will

Outro

Some floors stay green in the mind for years Because you were there, and that's still clear

Verse 1

The rain comes down soft on the glass tonight And the streetlights blur into circles of gold light While the whole world outside turns quiet and slow You are warm here with nothing to put you to flight

Chorus

Elena, the night is a blanket for you Every drop on the window is singing it true Nothing can reach you, nothing gets in Sleep now, Elena, the way that you do

Verse 2

Somewhere the wind is turning the leaves around But under this roof there's hardly a sound Just breathing and warmth and the hush of the rain And you, wrapped up soft where the quiet is found

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the hours grow long Let the rain on the window hum you its song And I will be here while the dark carries on

Chorus

Elena, the night is a blanket for you Every drop on the window is singing it true Nothing can reach you, nothing gets in Sleep now, Elena, the way that you do

Bridge

However far the thunder rolls, you are held tight However loud the world gets, you are held right Nothing out there is stronger than this quiet light

Chorus

Elena, the night is a blanket for you Every drop on the window is singing it true Nothing can reach you, nothing gets in Sleep now, Elena, the way that you do

Outro

The rain will keep falling soft on the glass And you will sleep on while the quiet hours pass

Verse 1

A pale beam is drifting soft across the quiet plaster wall it circles round so slowly like it never means to stop you watch it with your heavy eyes that flutter as they fall Elena, let it carry you down past the mountaintop

Pre-chorus

Every turning light will find its way back home again so close your eyes and let the hush come rolling in like rain there is nothing out beyond this room that you need fear

Chorus

Elena, the light comes round to watch you as you sleep its slow and steady rhythm is a promise it will keep you are wrapped in something gentle, you are held in something near Elena, rest inside the warmth of everyone who loves you here

Verse 2

The wall breathes soft with shifting light like tides upon the sand each sweep a hand that smooths the dark and settles it back down you do not have to understand to trust it, only stand still enough to feel the calm come drifting through the town

Pre-chorus

Every turning light will find its way back home again so close your eyes and let the hush come rolling in like rain there is nothing out beyond this room that you need fear

Chorus

Elena, the light comes round to watch you as you sleep its slow and steady rhythm is a promise it will keep you are wrapped in something gentle, you are held in something near Elena, rest inside the warmth of everyone who loves you here

Bridge

Sleep now, let the turning slow your breathing to its beat dream soft while the whole wide dark stays gentle at your feet

Chorus

Elena, the light comes round to watch you as you sleep its slow and steady rhythm is a promise it will keep you are wrapped in something gentle, you are held in something near Elena, rest inside the warmth of everyone who loves you here

Outro

The light will keep on turning while you drift so far from here sleep now, Elena, safe and warm, there is nothing you should fear

Verse 1

An owl slips past the glass where the small curtain sways and the dark of the window softens into greys nothing out there means you any kind of harm you are folded up close and you are kept so warm

Pre-chorus

The hush is coming down now like a hand upon your hair every small sound in the house is turning into care so let your breathing follow mine and drift you past the stair

Chorus

Elena, the night has you and holds you like its own Elena, you were never meant to feel alone close your eyes, Elena, let the dark be soft and slow the whole wide house is breathing low to keep you low

Verse 2

The owl will turn its shadow and be gone before you wake leaving only quiet for your small heart to take nothing at the window comes to call you from your rest you are the softest thing this whole dark house has ever pressed

Chorus

Elena, the night has you and holds you like its own Elena, you were never meant to feel alone close your eyes, Elena, let the dark be soft and slow the whole wide house is breathing low to keep you low

Bridge

Sleep is only love wearing its quietest coat stitched from every warm thing that ever kept you close

Chorus

Elena, the night has you and holds you like its own Elena, you were never meant to feel alone close your eyes, Elena, let the dark be soft and slow the whole wide house is breathing low to keep you low

Outro

Somewhere past the curtain the owl has found its rest and you are held here softer, the safest, warmest nest