Love Songs for Esther

• Two Pairs by the Water

  Jazz standard · Jazz · Upright bass · Crooner

  A quiet love song for Esther, for any kind of love, new, old, or somewhere in between.

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  Verse 1

  Two boots by yours on the sand Both of us caked in the mud Nothing about it was planned Still it runs deep as a flood

  Pre-chorus

  I keep the plain days too The walk, the cold, the grey Because they all led to

  Chorus

  Esther, you steady my chest This isn't the loud kind of love Just you, and the ground we've pressed Fits like a hand in a glove

  Verse 2

  You laughed at the state of your feet Called the whole shoreline a mess I've kept things far less sweet This one I still want to bless

  Pre-chorus

  I keep the plain days too The walk, the cold, the grey Because they all led to

  Chorus

  Esther, you steady my chest This isn't the loud kind of love Just you, and the ground we've pressed Fits like a hand in a glove

  Bridge

  No one needs to see this to know it Not every love has to shout it We left our mark and just walked on That was enough, I don't doubt it

  Chorus

  Esther, you steady my chest This isn't the loud kind of love Just you, and the ground we've pressed Fits like a hand in a glove

  Outro

  The tide will take the boot prints But not what walked here with you

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• Wooden Pegs

  Irish air · Irish · Whistle · Lilting

  A quiet, plainspoken love song for Esther, built around the small everyday task of hanging washing together and finding it means more than it should.

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  Verse 1

  The wind pulls hard at the line You laugh and pass me a peg Nothing about this is grand But I feel steadier when you're mine

  Pre-chorus

  Ordinary days, that's all we get Nothing to prove and nowhere to rush So why does my breath catch

  Chorus

  Esther, you make the plain days good Some kind of calm I never quite got You steady me more than you know Esther, I'd choose this if I could

  Verse 2

  The sheets keep pulling at your hands You hold them fast against the gust Small work, done without a fuss I watch you like it's something grand

  Bridge

  No need for anything louder than this Just you, and the wind, and my hand near yours

  Chorus

  Esther, you make the plain days good Some kind of calm I never quite got You steady me more than you know Esther, I'd choose this if I could

  Outro

  The line still holds what the wind can't take And I'm still here, glad for your sake

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• Glass and Light

  Doo wop · Retro · Sweet

  A quiet doo wop love song for Esther, built on the slow blur of a rainy window, for any love that has settled in and stayed.

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  Verse 1

  Rain is drawing on the glass Traffic lights start to pass Colours melt and lose their line Still I know your hand in mine

  Chorus

  Esther, you're the steady part Every blur still finds your heart Esther, when the world goes soft You're the one thing held aloft

  Verse 2

  Windscreen fogs, the street goes round Nothing sharp, no city sound Shapes dissolve to gold and red But you're clear inside my head

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing here is standing still Lights keep bending how they will But my heart don't need the frame

  Chorus

  Esther, you're the steady part Every blur still finds your heart Esther, when the world goes soft You're the one thing held aloft

  Bridge

  Let the whole world turn to haze Let the colours lose their ways I don't need the picture clean When you're the one thing I have seen

  Chorus

  Esther, you're the steady part Every blur still finds your heart Esther, when the world goes soft You're the one thing held aloft

  Outro

  Rain still runs down the pane Only your name stays the same

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