Songs for Elias

Verse 1

Paper cups line up and wait Cheap little toast before we're late Someone's watching down the track Counting minutes till you're back

Pre-chorus

Headlights climbing out the dark Bringing back the missing spark We been holding this for you

Chorus

Elias, pull into the light Every cup up, every eye bright We been waiting on this day Elias, you made it okay

Verse 2

Platform's cracked but we don't care Somebody saved you a chair Candles won't stay lit too long Blow them out before the song

Chorus

Elias, pull into the light Every cup up, every eye bright We been waiting on this day Elias, you made it okay

Bridge

Another year come rolling in Loud enough to wake the tin Cups clink up and down the row Nobody wanted you to go

Chorus

Elias, pull into the light Every cup up, every eye bright We been waiting on this day Elias, you made it okay

Outro

Cups still standing on the ledge Glad you're home along that edge

Verse 1

Thunder hit the caravan roof Foil wrappers stuck to the floor We laughed like we had proof That you were worth fighting for

Chorus

Elias, light the candles now We're loud because you're here Elias, we don't need a crowd Just you to make it clear

Verse 2

Rain came down in sheets We didn't care one bit You turned the wildest streets Into somewhere we could sit

Pre-chorus

Count the years however you like Count the storms we've weathered too Every single one was worth the fight

Chorus

Elias, light the candles now We're loud because you're here Elias, we don't need a crowd Just you to make it clear

Bridge

Whatever storm comes through the door We'll stick like foil to the floor Nothing's shaking what we know for sure

Chorus

Elias, light the candles now We're loud because you're here Elias, we don't need a crowd Just you to make it clear

Outro

Let the thunder keep on calling We're still here when the foil's falling

Verse 1

The garage light is swinging bright We strung it up for you tonight Streamers caught in old bike spokes Nothing here without your light

Pre-chorus

Somebody find a candle now Somebody hush and gather round We're leaning in to sing it loud

Chorus

Elias, light the whole room up Raise the cake and raise the cup Every year we're gladder still Elias, we can't get enough

Verse 2

That old bike leans against the wall Ribbons trailing where they fall You built this out of nothing much We love you most of all

Chorus

Elias, light the whole room up Raise the cake and raise the cup Every year we're gladder still Elias, we can't get enough

Bridge

However far the years may spin We're always glad you're here again You make the ordinary sing Nobody else gets in

Chorus

Elias, light the whole room up Raise the cake and raise the cup Every year we're gladder still Elias, we can't get enough

Outro

The streamers hang here, torn and true Just like we're tangled up in you

Verse 1

Two mugs left on the board Standing close the way we stood You washed while I dried That's the whole of what I'm sure of

Chorus

Elias, you're the calm I chose Steady as the kettle's glow Nothing loud about it Elias, this is how it grows

Verse 2

You hum while the water runs Half a song you never finish I know it anyway Because I've learned you, line by line

Pre-chorus

No one's watching, no one's here Just the tap and just your hands And this feeling I can't hold in

Chorus

Elias, you're the calm I chose Steady as the kettle's glow Nothing loud about it Elias, this is how it grows

Bridge

Some nights it's just this small A kitchen and a small warm noise But you make the small feel plenty I never needed noise at all

Chorus

Elias, you're the calm I chose Steady as the kettle's glow Nothing loud about it Elias, this is how it grows

Outro

Two mugs still warm on the board Both of them yours, both of them mine

Verse 1

Your boots are tangled by the step left right where you kicked them free I never move them when I sweep some things just look right to me

Pre-chorus

I used to sleep with one eye open now I sleep like something's mine I never planned on needing this much

Chorus

Elias, you're the reason I come home not the porch light, not the door however far this life has thrown me I keep landing where you are

Verse 2

You hum off key and don't know it you leave your coffee going cold I've watched you do it fifty mornings and I still want fifty more

Bridge

Nobody's asking us to be certain we just are, and that's enough I'm not scared of the quiet anymore not since you started filling it up

Chorus

Elias, you're the reason I come home not the porch light, not the door however far this life has thrown me I keep landing where you are

Outro

Leave your boots right where they're tangled that's how I know you're home

Verse 1

Grasshoppers jump the gingham squares You laugh and brush off all your cares The crusts sit left on the plate I never mind how long we wait

Chorus

Elias, you make the slow hours kind You leave the noise of the world behind Elias, you're the ease in my chest With you the quiet feels like rest

Verse 2

You tear the bread and hand me some The afternoon has just begun You tilt your face up to the sun I already know that you're the one

Pre-chorus

No one else has ever stayed this near No one else has made it all this clear So say my name and bring it here

Chorus

Elias, you make the slow hours kind You leave the noise of the world behind Elias, you're the ease in my chest With you the quiet feels like rest

Bridge

Long love or new, it's all the same You settle soft into my frame Nothing about you asks for more You're the calm I'm reaching for

Chorus

Elias, you make the slow hours kind You leave the noise of the world behind Elias, you're the ease in my chest With you the quiet feels like rest

Outro

The blanket's folded, we still stay Elias, I'd choose this every day

Verse 1

A thin gold light drifts quiet down the hall tonight Small specks of dust go turning, slow and free There's nothing in the dark that means you harm or fright You're held here safe as anyone could be

Pre-chorus

So let the hours grow heavy, let the house grow still Let every worry settle like the dust does too There's nowhere else you need to be but here

Chorus

Elias, hush now, close your eyes and rest The night will hold you gentle till the day Elias, you're the softest kind of blessed No harm can find you, tucked away

Verse 2

The corridor breathes slow, the shadows lean and sway Somewhere far a clock ticks out a lullaby You don't need to chase the light, just let it stay It's only watching over you, close by

Chorus

Elias, hush now, close your eyes and rest The night will hold you gentle till the day Elias, you're the softest kind of blessed No harm can find you, tucked away

Bridge

Every breath you take is loved beyond all telling Every little sigh is something dear to hold

Chorus

Elias, hush now, close your eyes and rest The night will hold you gentle till the day Elias, you're the softest kind of blessed No harm can find you, tucked away

Outro

The dust still turns so soft along that quiet floor And you will still be loved when morning comes once more

Verse 1

Somewhere a dial hums low on the wooden drawers tonight Soft as a breath that keeps on going without a fight Nothing but hush and the dark folding round this room You are the reason this whole house feels so quiet and right

Pre-chorus

Close those eyes now, let the humming carry you slow Nothing can reach you, nothing needs you to know Just this warmth, just this hush, just the dark leaning in

Chorus

Elias, sleep is calling soft and low Feel it wrap you gentle as the static's glow Nobody's warmer, nobody's held so tight Rest now, Elias, let the whole night go

Verse 2

Somewhere behind the wall a small light hums and stays Watching over you through all the quiet, sleepy haze Nothing out there matters more than this one held breath You are the softest thing inside these fading days

Chorus

Elias, sleep is calling soft and low Feel it wrap you gentle as the static's glow Nobody's warmer, nobody's held so tight Rest now, Elias, let the whole night go

Bridge

Hush now, nothing needs an answer, nothing needs a name Only breathing, only stillness, only this same warm frame You are safe here, always safer than you'll ever know

Chorus

Elias, sleep is calling soft and low Feel it wrap you gentle as the static's glow Nobody's warmer, nobody's held so tight Rest now, Elias, let the whole night go

Outro

Somewhere that soft hum is still turning low and slow Sleep well, Elias, and let the whole night go

Verse 1

There's a thin line of amber laid across the floor tonight slipping in from the hallway, soft and low and warm as light and it comes to say the house is holding on to you every wall and every shadow keeping watch the whole night through

Pre-chorus

So let your busy little breaths go slower now, and slower still let the day fall from your shoulders, let it settle where it will sleep is only waiting for you, just beyond the windowsill

Chorus

Elias, close your eyes now, let the amber light stay low you are held here, you are steady, there is nowhere you need go Elias, sleep is gentle, sleep will carry what it can and it carries you to morning, safe inside its quiet hand

Verse 2

Somewhere past that door the house breathes slow and even in the dark every creaking board and corner keeps a small and steady spark nothing here will move to trouble anything you dream tonight you are wrapped in something older than the thin gold line of light

Pre-chorus

So let your busy little breaths go slower now, and slower still let the day fall from your shoulders, let it settle where it will sleep is only waiting for you, just beyond the windowsill

Chorus

Elias, close your eyes now, let the amber light stay low you are held here, you are steady, there is nowhere you need go Elias, sleep is gentle, sleep will carry what it can and it carries you to morning, safe inside its quiet hand

Bridge

No need to chase the morning, it will find you on its own you can rest here in the middle, never once alone

Chorus

Elias, close your eyes now, let the amber light stay low you are held here, you are steady, there is nowhere you need go Elias, sleep is gentle, sleep will carry what it can and it carries you to morning, safe inside its quiet hand

Outro

That same thin line of amber will be waiting when you wake still and warm across the floorboards, steady for your sake