Songs for Elliot

Verse 1

I found your boots out in the field Stuck in the mud since the frost came down You left them there and walked home barefoot Laughing like you'd never leave this town

Pre-chorus

You never needed things to hold you You just needed me to stay So here I am, still not going

Chorus

Elliot, quiet in the coldest light You never asked me why I try it This kind of love just stays and stays Elliot, calm in every riot

Verse 2

The tractor tyre left a shape in the ground Deep enough that spring won't fill it You said some marks just want to stay I said that's us, and you believed it

Bridge

Every winter something freezes Every spring it comes back true Whatever holds its shape and waits That's the kind of love I owe to you

Chorus

Elliot, quiet in the coldest light You never asked me why I try it This kind of love just stays and stays Elliot, calm in every riot

Outro

The boots are still stuck out in that field Waiting, same as I waited for you

Verse 1

Two plates pressed heavy, side by side something soft still keeps them from the fight you hold the space between us safe no cracks, no chips, no need to hide

Pre-chorus

You never raise your voice to prove it quiet as a held breath, steady and true so when the room goes still

Chorus

Elliot, you're the calm I lean on steady as the tide going out slow Elliot, easy in the quiet that's the love I want to know

Verse 2

You cushion every small collision soft where the whole world turns to stone other hands might let it shatter you just hold it, hold your own

Bridge

No riot, no rush, no need to try it just you, steady, sitting close that's enough to keep me here

Chorus

Elliot, you're the calm I lean on steady as the tide going out slow Elliot, easy in the quiet that's the love I want to know

Outro

Two plates still resting soft together that's you and me, however long

Verse 1

I watch the small things when you're near The way you leave the mirror clear You wipe the foam without a fuss And somehow that means love to us

Pre-chorus

It's never the big words that hold It's mornings, ordinary and slow That build to something I can't stop

Chorus

Elliot, you're the calm in every room Steady as the light comes through No riot in you, only quiet I chose this life and I'd not deny it

Verse 2

You hum a tune I half forget Then finish it before I get there yet You leave the glass a little cold But warm is something you still hold

Bridge

I don't need loud to know it's true There's nothing plain in loving you Some nights the quiet says it best No violet sky, just steady rest

Chorus

Elliot, you're the calm in every room Steady as the light comes through No riot in you, only quiet I chose this life and I'd not deny it

Outro

The shelf still holds that little trace I'll keep on choosing this small space

Verse 1

Look how the moonlight lies so soft across the floor tonight tiny bits of dust go drifting through that pale and gentle light nothing in this room is asking you to move or stay awake only quiet waiting here for you, for one more breath to take

Chorus

Elliot, the whole wide dark is holding you so near every little sound outside is soft, there's nothing here to fear Elliot, the night has come to wrap you warm and slow so let your tired eyes just close and let the stillness grow

Verse 2

Watch the way that speck of light goes turning very slow and small like it has all the time it needs, no hurry there at all that is how this whole house feels about you lying here safe and unafraid and warm, with everyone so near

Pre-chorus

The house breathes slow around you now, the lamp has dimmed its glow your blanket holds the warmth of you and will not let it go just a little further now and sleep will start to flow

Chorus

Elliot, the whole wide dark is holding you so near every little sound outside is soft, there's nothing here to fear Elliot, the night has come to wrap you warm and slow so let your tired eyes just close and let the stillness grow

Bridge

Somewhere past the window, stars are keeping watch alone but here inside this quiet room, you never sleep unknown

Chorus

Elliot, the whole wide dark is holding you so near every little sound outside is soft, there's nothing here to fear Elliot, the night has come to wrap you warm and slow so let your tired eyes just close and let the stillness grow

Outro

The dust keeps drifting slowly through that patch of quiet light sleep now, you are loved and held through every hour of the night

Verse 1

Oak leaves are brushing so softly above where you lie the whole world has slowed to the hush of a lullaby nothing tonight needs to hurry or ask to be seen you're wrapped up in warmth as the evening rolls by

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the branches keep swaying hold onto nothing but the sound of my saying that you are the safest thing this night is keeping

Chorus

Sleep now, Elliot, the dark is a friend tonight hush now, Elliot, I'll keep you held and tight nothing can reach you here under this quiet sky you are my calm and my whole quiet delight

Verse 2

The pram rocks so gently beneath the old oak tree every small sound settles soft as it can be you don't have to open your eyes to know you're loved just breathe out slowly and drift off to sea

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the branches keep swaying hold onto nothing but the sound of my saying that you are the safest thing this night is keeping

Chorus

Sleep now, Elliot, the dark is a friend tonight hush now, Elliot, I'll keep you held and tight nothing can reach you here under this quiet sky you are my calm and my whole quiet delight

Bridge

Every leaf that falls tonight was watching over you the whole tree leans in close to see you through

Chorus

Sleep now, Elliot, the dark is a friend tonight hush now, Elliot, I'll keep you held and tight nothing can reach you here under this quiet sky you are my calm and my whole quiet delight

Outro

The oak leaves are still now, and so is your breath rest here forever from whatever comes next

Verse 1

A little moth is circling round a low and amber light It never makes a sound as it goes drifting through the air The whole wide room is settling into softness for the night And you are held here safely in the warmth we're breathing there

Pre-chorus

Every worry of the day is folding itself down small Your eyes are growing heavy as the hush begins to fall So let the quiet carry you before I sing at all

Chorus

Sleep now, Elliot, the whole house is quiet Nothing can reach you, no reason to fight it Close your eyes softly, don't try to deny it Elliot, my darling, this calm is your islet

Verse 2

The moth has found its stillness on the warm and glowing glass No hurry in its wings now, only rest inside the light And you are just as steady as the slow hours that pass Wrapped up in something gentle that will hold you through the night

Chorus

Sleep now, Elliot, the whole house is quiet Nothing can reach you, no reason to fight it Close your eyes softly, don't try to deny it Elliot, my darling, this calm is your islet

Bridge

Nothing out there needs you now, so let it drift away Rest inside the small warm hour of this ending day

Chorus

Sleep now, Elliot, the whole house is quiet Nothing can reach you, no reason to fight it Close your eyes softly, don't try to deny it Elliot, my darling, this calm is your islet

Outro

The little light goes dim now, and the moth has settled too Sleep gathers soft around you, and I'm staying here with you