Songs for Elise

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up past my arms Every one of them for you Brass scale tipping on its side Nothing weighs what you're worth to

Pre-chorus

I keep counting all the sweetness Never comes out fair or square So we're lighting up a candle

Chorus

Elise, the whole room's singing Happy birthday, raise it high Elise, you make it easy Loving you, we don't ask why

Verse 2

String around the tallest box Ribbon curling like a breeze Every layer holds a wish Made especially for Elise

Pre-chorus

I keep counting all the sweetness Never comes out fair or square So we're lighting up a candle

Chorus

Elise, the whole room's singing Happy birthday, raise it high Elise, you make it easy Loving you, we don't ask why

Bridge

However high we stack it It still comes up short of you Some things can't be measured Some things you just feel are true

Chorus

Elise, the whole room's singing Happy birthday, raise it high Elise, you make it easy Loving you, we don't ask why

Outro

Boxes empty, candle out Still the sweetest thing's in view

Verse 1

Boots stand lined beneath the bench Caked in earth from tending trees We see the work your hands have done We see you clear, Elise

Pre-chorus

So let the whole room stand and sing Let every voice come lift and swing We're building up to say your name

Chorus

Elise, the room is calling you Elise, we mean it, through and through Nobody else could hold this space You bring the warmth this whole place needs

Verse 2

You kneel down low to help things grow Patient hands, a steady breeze Whatever storms come through this year You're the calm that brings us ease

Bridge

Clap your hands and stomp your feet Say her name out in the street This is your day, hold your head high Let the whole room testify

Chorus

Elise, the room is calling you Elise, we mean it, through and through Nobody else could hold this space You bring the warmth this whole place needs

Outro

Those boots will wait beneath the bench But you're the reason this house breathes

Verse 1

Socks go flying down the stairs Somebody's grabbing at the banister Whole house shaking, boots on wood We're all chasing after you

Chorus

Elise, you light the whole room up Pour the cider, fill the cup Grab a hand and spin on through Elise, we're stomping here for you

Verse 2

Fiddle's warming up out back Somebody's hollering your name Candles waiting on the cake Nobody sits still tonight

Pre-chorus

Hear that banjo start to build Feel the floorboards start to shake Here it comes, so grab a seat

Chorus

Elise, you light the whole room up Pour the cider, fill the cup Grab a hand and spin on through Elise, we're stomping here for you

Bridge

Every year you slide right in Turning strangers into kin Loud and bright as summer trees

Chorus

Elise, you light the whole room up Pour the cider, fill the cup Grab a hand and spin on through Elise, we're stomping here for you

Outro

Socks still sliding down the hall We'll catch you, Elise, if you fall

Verse 1

Glass fogs up where the warmth meets cold Rows of green lean toward the light I trace a line through what it holds Thinking how you hold me right

Pre-chorus

I keep this quiet on purpose No need to make it loud Just this feeling, building

Chorus

Elise, you're the warmth on the glass The one steady thing I trust Everybody wants something to last Elise, I found it in us

Verse 2

The drops run slow, they take their time No rush to reach the sill That's how you love, plain and unrhymed Simple, and constant still

Chorus

Elise, you're the warmth on the glass The one steady thing I trust Everybody wants something to last Elise, I found it in us

Bridge

Outside the frost can have its way We'll stay where it's warm Whatever comes to test us, stay You're the shape I lean toward

Chorus

Elise, you're the warmth on the glass The one steady thing I trust Everybody wants something to last Elise, I found it in us

Outro

Still that same glass, still that same pane Still you, warm against the rain

Verse 1

I watch the line out in the wind two sheets that keep on turning in and that's the picture of us two how I still turn back to you

Pre-chorus

No one's watching, no big scene just steady hands and in between that's where I find you, quiet and true

Chorus

Elise, you're the calm behind my eyes the one plain thing I don't disguise you hold like rope in a rising breeze Elise, my heart still turns with ease

Verse 2

Some nights the wind gets loud and mean but you don't drift from where you've been I've watched love loosen, come undone yours never has, not once, not one

Pre-chorus

No one's watching, no big scene just steady hands and in between that's where I find you, quiet and true

Chorus

Elise, you're the calm behind my eyes the one plain thing I don't disguise you hold like rope in a rising breeze Elise, my heart still turns with ease

Bridge

I don't need the sky to turn to fire just you, steady, that's all I desire plain days are the ones I trust the most

Chorus

Elise, you're the calm behind my eyes the one plain thing I don't disguise you hold like rope in a rising breeze Elise, my heart still turns with ease

Outro

Still out on that line, holding fast proof that plain love was built to last

Verse 1

Grass goes stiff beneath the snow Something bends before it breaks Out there the pale sun barely tries But you never learned to freeze, Elise

Pre-chorus

I've watched the coldest things stand still Watched the frost win every field Then I think of you and

Chorus

Elise, you're the warm in every winter No chill has ever found your door Say your name and something eases Nothing freezes here with you, Elise

Verse 2

Snow can hush a whole wide field One pale sun won't melt a thing But you walk through it laughing still You were never made to freeze, Elise

Pre-chorus

I've watched the coldest things stand still Watched the frost win every field Then I think of you and

Chorus

Elise, you're the warm in every winter No chill has ever found your door Say your name and something eases Nothing freezes here with you, Elise

Bridge

Let the whole world turn to glass I'll keep finding you like spring You're the one warm thing I trust No frost can touch what we still bring

Chorus

Elise, you're the warm in every winter No chill has ever found your door Say your name and something eases Nothing freezes here with you, Elise

Outro

The grass will bend but never break Just like you, love, just like you

Verse 1

Out beyond the glass the small wings settle slow and soft Nothing out there wants to wake you, nothing calls you off They only came for warmth the way you came to me Close your eyes now, let the quiet lift you up aloft

Chorus

Elise, my love, the night has come to hold you gentle Every worry of the day was never really essential You are warm and you are safe beneath this roof of trees Rest now, Elise, and let your breathing be your only ease

Verse 2

One small light left burning low to guide the tired things home Everything that flutters finds a place to land alone You have found your place already, curled beneath the sheet Nothing in the dark tonight was ever meant to roam

Pre-chorus

Hear how quiet all the wings have grown against the pane Feel the hush that settles soft like some slow gentle rain Nothing needs to happen now except you drifting deep

Chorus

Elise, my love, the night has come to hold you gentle Every worry of the day was never really essential You are warm and you are safe beneath this roof of trees Rest now, Elise, and let your breathing be your only ease

Bridge

Sleep is just a small light glowing steady through the dark Something soft that never asks for more than you to rest

Chorus

Elise, my love, the night has come to hold you gentle Every worry of the day was never really essential You are warm and you are safe beneath this roof of trees Rest now, Elise, and let your breathing be your only ease

Outro

The wings outside have folded now, the glass has gone to still Sleep, Elise, and know you're held, and know you always will

Verse 1

A yellow beam is falling soft across the cotton thread It settles like a secret on the pillow by your head The whole wide world goes quiet now and folds its wings to rest And you are held here gently as the softest, warmest guest

Chorus

Elise, the light is dimming low and leaning close to you Elise, the night has come to keep you safe the whole night through You are the warmest corner of this quiet, sleepy house So hush now, let the darkness in as soft as any mouse

Verse 2

The threads beneath your blanket catch the last bit of the glow They hold your little breaths like they've been waiting long to know That you're the reason light still finds a window in the dark And curls up right beside you like a small and steady spark

Pre-chorus

Somewhere past the window all the trees have gone to sleep And every little sound tonight is quiet, slow and deep So let your eyes grow heavy now, there's nowhere else to be

Chorus

Elise, the light is dimming low and leaning close to you Elise, the night has come to keep you safe the whole night through You are the warmest corner of this quiet, sleepy house So hush now, let the darkness in as soft as any mouse

Bridge

No need to chase the daylight, it will wait for you to wake There's nothing you must carry now, no promise you must make Just rest inside the stillness that this gentle house allows

Chorus

Elise, the light is dimming low and leaning close to you Elise, the night has come to keep you safe the whole night through You are the warmest corner of this quiet, sleepy house So hush now, let the darkness in as soft as any mouse

Outro

The yellow beam grows fainter as it settles into sleep And you are safe inside its glow, so still, so soft, so deep

Verse 1

White lace lifts in a breath the window sends it soft as the hush that settles into you a small warm click is all the night now asks of us and everything in this room is holding you

Chorus

Elise, the dark outside can't reach you here close your eyes now, let the hours pass with ease nothing tonight will come to pull you from this quiet Elise, I'll stay while sleep moves through the trees

Verse 2

Down the hall the radiator hums its low goodnight curling warm around the corners of this room you are the softest thing that ever found its way in here folded safe against the coming of the gloom

Pre-chorus

Rain taps light against the glass to hush the street below and every breath you take is slow and sure so let the warmth pull you a little closer into

Chorus

Elise, the dark outside can't reach you here close your eyes now, let the hours pass with ease nothing tonight will come to pull you from this quiet Elise, I'll stay while sleep moves through the trees

Bridge

Wherever this small room goes when the morning finds it you will still be held the way you're held tonight Sleep isn't something you must face alone

Chorus

Elise, the dark outside can't reach you here close your eyes now, let the hours pass with ease nothing tonight will come to pull you from this quiet Elise, I'll stay while sleep moves through the trees

Outro

Let the lace fall still against the warm glass sighing you are loved as gently as this quiet room