Love Songs for Elena

• Cold Coffee

  Synth ballad · Synth · Eighties · Wide

  A quiet synth ballad about staying present through the ordinary hours, built around a desk where the coffee always goes cold before it's finished.

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  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

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• Orange Light

  Bossa nova · Bossa · Nylon guitar · Breezy

  A quiet bossa nova love song for anybody named Elena, built around watching rain slide down a window while the neon flickers outside, a still, sincere moment that fits new love, old love, or the everyday kind.

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  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

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• The Corridor Light

  Piano ballad · Piano · Ballad · Intimate

  A quiet piano ballad about steady, unglamorous love, built from the memory of waiting in a hospital corridor and finding calm in the person beside you.

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  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

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