Songs for Ewan

Verse 1

Boots left muddy by the net Grey skies out but no regret You still laughed the whole way home Never one to feel alone

Pre-chorus

Every year you bring the light Turn a grey day into bright So we're raising cups tonight

Chorus

Ewan, Ewan, light the flame Whole room lit up with your name Clouds can't touch the joy you bring Ewan, Ewan, let it ring

Verse 2

You chase goals through wind and rain Getting up and up again Every scrape and every fall Made you sweeter through it all

Bridge

Another year, another win Look how far you've always been We see you clear, we see you true This whole song's just for you

Chorus

Ewan, Ewan, light the flame Whole room lit up with your name Clouds can't touch the joy you bring Ewan, Ewan, let it ring

Outro

Leave the boots there by the goal You've already won it all

Verse 1

Midnight and the drums are turning two lit windows down the street nobody else is out walking but you make the dark feel sweet

Pre-chorus

Steam is rising off the glass every ordinary thing gets kind when you're the one who's watching

Chorus

Ewan, we're glad you were born tonight spin us round till we lose count Ewan, the whole room lifts for you you're the warmth we all amount

Verse 2

Towels tumbling, soft and golden like they're dancing just for fun funny how a plain old Tuesday turns to something once you've come

Pre-chorus

Steam is rising off the glass every ordinary thing gets kind when you're the one who's watching

Chorus

Ewan, we're glad you were born tonight spin us round till we lose count Ewan, the whole room lifts for you you're the warmth we all amount

Bridge

Cake candles flicker like small drums catching light the way you do here's to another year of turning everything we touch feels new with you

Chorus

Ewan, we're glad you were born tonight spin us round till we lose count Ewan, the whole room lifts for you you're the warmth we all amount

Outro

Two drums still spinning after dark you're the warmth that we hold onto

Verse 1

A blanket snapping on the line damp and gold against the grey you laughed and said the weather's fine that's just your ordinary way

Pre-chorus

You turn the smallest thing to gold you make the coldest morning warm so let the whole room take the hold

Chorus

Happy birthday, Ewan, stand up tall two candles couldn't hold your flame we're raising every glass and all just to shout your lovely name

Verse 2

The wind got in and shook the door you held it steady with one hand that's how you've always kept the floor the calm one when the rest is fanned

Pre-chorus

You turn the smallest thing to gold you make the coldest morning warm so let the whole room take the hold

Chorus

Happy birthday, Ewan, stand up tall two candles couldn't hold your flame we're raising every glass and all just to shout your lovely name

Bridge

However far the road has been you bring the warmth in with you still wherever you have stood or seen you're the one we're toasting still

Chorus

Happy birthday, Ewan, stand up tall two candles couldn't hold your flame we're raising every glass and all just to shout your lovely name

Outro

That blanket's dry now, folded in here's to you, and where you've been

Verse 1

I crushed a leaf between my palms the green stayed on like a psalm you sat beside me on that bench saying nothing, holding my hand

Pre-chorus

I didn't need the words to come just needed you to stay this long and now my heart won't settle down

Chorus

Ewan, you are steady ground the quiet kind of love I've found not fluent yet in all you mean but learning you like scripture, clean

Verse 2

The smell stuck on my fingers for days a small green proof I can't erase you laughed at how I held my hands up like something sacred, like enough

Chorus

Ewan, you are steady ground the quiet kind of love I've found not fluent yet in all you mean but learning you like scripture, clean

Bridge

No ruin in this, no rush, no ache just two palms pressed for love's own sake you don't shout it, you just stay and that has made all the difference, truly

Chorus

Ewan, you are steady ground the quiet kind of love I've found not fluent yet in all you mean but learning you like scripture, clean

Outro

My palms still carry that green shade this is the love that quiet made

Verse 1

I clicked the bolt shut in the wind Nothing gets past me while you sleep This house has weathered worse and grinned Some things are just mine to keep

Pre-chorus

I never learned to say it plain So I just lock the doors instead Some kind of love lives in that chain

Chorus

Ewan, you're the reason I stay put You make the shaking parts feel fluent I'd rust here gladly, iron and soot There's no version of me that's cruel, Ewan

Verse 2

The salt gets into everything Except the ways I think of you Some nights the wind won't stop its sting But still I know what's true

Pre-chorus

I never learned to say it plain So I just lock the doors instead Some kind of love lives in that chain

Chorus

Ewan, you're the reason I stay put You make the shaking parts feel fluent I'd rust here gladly, iron and soot There's no version of me that's cruel, Ewan

Bridge

Let the whole coast come apart I've got one thing bolted down You're the one steady in my heart Long after the rest has blown

Chorus

Ewan, you're the reason I stay put You make the shaking parts feel fluent I'd rust here gladly, iron and soot There's no version of me that's cruel, Ewan

Outro

I'll click that bolt shut every night Just to keep you safe inside

Verse 1

I left the canvas out in the rain colour running down like it had a plan mud on my shoes from standing still too long watching you laugh like nothing was a strain

Pre-chorus

Nothing I paint ever comes out clean half of it drips before it's seen but I keep going, because of you

Chorus

Ewan, you steady me when I run half finished things still turn out fine muddy shoes and paint that never dries Ewan, you're the truest one

Verse 2

You never asked the picture to be neat you just stood there in your ruined shoes said the mess was where the colour lives and somehow that undid me at the feet

Bridge

I used to think love had to be pristine now I know it's closer to a scene still wet, still moving, never quite the same glad I never learned to hide the stain

Chorus

Ewan, you steady me when I run half finished things still turn out fine muddy shoes and paint that never dries Ewan, you're the truest one

Outro

The shoes still carry colour from that day I wouldn't wash a single fleck away

Verse 1

Yellow light spills soft across the floor tonight Falling where your little feet have run and played You are wrapped in warmth before I dim the light Every worry of the day begins to fade

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes, the house is holding still for you Nothing in the dark tonight can reach this room I will stay until your breathing settles slow

Chorus

Ewan, sleep is calling soft and low You are safe here, nothing you should fear Ewan, let the whole wide world go Rest now, dear one, morning will be near

Verse 2

Down the hallway that soft glow will stay for you Even when the bedroom door is nearly closed I will leave it burning low the whole night through So you never wake to darkness on your own

Chorus

Ewan, sleep is calling soft and low You are safe here, nothing you should fear Ewan, let the whole wide world go Rest now, dear one, morning will be near

Bridge

Somewhere past the window stars are keeping watch Holding every hope I carry just for you

Chorus

Ewan, sleep is calling soft and low You are safe here, nothing you should fear Ewan, let the whole wide world go Rest now, dear one, morning will be near

Outro

The light will still be gold when morning comes for you Sleep now, love is spilling soft across the floor

Verse 1

Two red lights are glowing soft through frosted glass tonight Far away they drift until their glow has nearly gone Everything outside has slowed and settled out of sight Here inside it's warm and still and you are not alone

Pre-chorus

The whole wide dark can keep its noise, it cannot reach this bed Close your eyes and let the hush come settle round your head There is nothing you need hold but the pillow where you're lying

Chorus

Ewan, Ewan, rest your head down slow You are held here safe and warm and never left to roam Every star above has come to watch you as you go Ewan, drifting soft and sweet, this is your home

Verse 2

The house breathes quiet round you like it's holding its own breath Every corner soft and dim and waiting out the night Nothing here can touch you, not one worry and not one debt You are wrapped in something kinder than the dark outside

Bridge

Let the small lights fade to nothing, let the last sound die away Sleep will carry you so gently into another day

Chorus

Ewan, Ewan, rest your head down slow You are held here safe and warm and never left to roam Every star above has come to watch you as you go Ewan, drifting soft and sweet, this is your home

Outro

Somewhere far the last light fades to nothing but a glow Sleep now, you are already home, there's nowhere else to go

Verse 1

Somewhere close an engine hums low and settles into quiet silver buckles catch the light and rest against black leather nothing needs to move again tonight, nothing needs to hurry you are held here safe and warm while all the world goes quiet

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes against the dark, let every worry loosen feel the warmth that wraps around you softer than a blanket sleep is coming gentle now, sleep is coming soon

Chorus

Ewan, hush now, let the night come drifting slowly over you nothing out there in the dark can ever come undone you are loved beyond the reach of any storm or ruin Ewan, rest, the morning waits and Ewan, so do you

Verse 2

Every light along the road is dimming down to amber you don't need to keep them counted, you don't need to wonder breathe in slow and breathe out slower, let your shoulders empty nothing in this small warm room will ever ask you for more

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes against the dark, let every worry loosen feel the warmth that wraps around you softer than a blanket sleep is coming gentle now, sleep is coming soon

Chorus

Ewan, hush now, let the night come drifting slowly over you nothing out there in the dark can ever come undone you are loved beyond the reach of any storm or ruin Ewan, rest, the morning waits and Ewan, so do you

Bridge

Wherever you are carried, you are carried gently home however far you travel, you were never once alone

Chorus

Ewan, hush now, let the night come drifting slowly over you nothing out there in the dark can ever come undone you are loved beyond the reach of any storm or ruin Ewan, rest, the morning waits and Ewan, so do you

Outro

Somewhere the engine settles into silence, soft and slow and you drift off held safe, wherever you may go