Songs for Ezekiel

Verse 1

Boxes stacked down the aisle Every seat is claimed and full But somebody made you room to stand Because you're the one they pull

Chorus

Ezekiel, light up the room Every candle wants to kneel Nobody else could make it feel This good, this real, Ezekiel

Verse 2

Bus is rattling through the dark Strangers laughing, shoulder to shoulder We'd stand for hours just for this Watching you get one year older

Pre-chorus

Whole bus humming one slow song Somebody's clapping, keeping time Here it comes, so lean on in

Chorus

Ezekiel, light up the room Every candle wants to kneel Nobody else could make it feel This good, this real, Ezekiel

Bridge

We'd ride all night to reach this stop Just to see your face appear Doors swing open, crowd spills out Singing loud so you can hear

Chorus

Ezekiel, light up the room Every candle wants to kneel Nobody else could make it feel This good, this real, Ezekiel

Outro

Bus pulls off into the night Room you made is ours to keep

Verse 1

Coins keep dropping, one by one Every spin says something real We just came to watch you shine Nobody moves like you, Ezekiel

Chorus

Ezekiel, the room is yours tonight Turn it up, let the moment kneel Nobody else can steal this light We came here for you, Ezekiel

Verse 2

Denim spinning, chrome and gold You make the ordinary feel Every year you get bolder Watch you glow, Ezekiel

Pre-chorus

Count the pennies, count the years Every drop, a wish to feel Something big is about to build

Chorus

Ezekiel, the room is yours tonight Turn it up, let the moment kneel Nobody else can steal this light We came here for you, Ezekiel

Bridge

Spin us round, we won't complain You're the reason we feel this real Hold that shine, don't let it drain

Chorus

Ezekiel, the room is yours tonight Turn it up, let the moment kneel Nobody else can steal this light We came here for you, Ezekiel

Outro

Pennies settle, the window stills You're still shining, Ezekiel

Verse 1

Bags left halfway up the stairs Nobody claims them, nobody cares You come home and step right through Every mess feels lighter with you

Chorus

Ezekiel, light up the hall Ezekiel, you make it feel real Loudest heart in the whole building This is your night, no need for kneeling

Verse 2

Every step creaks under your feet Somehow that sound feels like a treat You could trip on all this clutter But you laugh instead, easy as ever

Pre-chorus

Candles waiting, someone's counting Voices climbing, feeling mounting Here it comes, get ready to feel

Chorus

Ezekiel, light up the hall Ezekiel, you make it feel real Loudest heart in the whole building This is your night, no need for kneeling

Bridge

We'd carry these bags a mile for you Climb every stair just to see it through However far, however steep You're the one thing worth the leap

Chorus

Ezekiel, light up the hall Ezekiel, you make it feel real Loudest heart in the whole building This is your night, no need for kneeling

Outro

Leave the bags right where they are You're already home, you're already the star

Verse 1

The fire's gone down to grey ash Sparks drift up past the iron tongs But under it all the coal still burns You hold your heat so easily

Pre-chorus

Some loves flare and disappear But you don't need to shout to feel So I lean in close and listen

Chorus

Ezekiel, you're the coal beneath the ash Steady when the bright things crash Nothing about this love needs to kneel Ezekiel, you make the quiet feel real

Verse 2

I've watched you tend the smaller things The kind that others overlook You never needed to reveal Just how much warmth an ember brings

Bridge

Let the sparks go where they drift No need to chase what disappears What stays low and burns for years That's the harder, better gift

Chorus

Ezekiel, you're the coal beneath the ash Steady when the bright things crash Nothing about this love needs to kneel Ezekiel, you make the quiet feel real

Outro

Long after the last spark falls You're still the warmth I'm banking on

Verse 1

Bubbles drift across the tiles Small and bright for a few miles Gone before they hit the floor But you stay, you're always more

Pre-chorus

Everything so light can break Every good thing time can take Except the one thing I still feel

Chorus

Ezekiel, you're the thing that's real Not some bubble bound to peel You are steady, you can kneel Right here where my love is real

Verse 2

Water swirls down to the drain Taking soap and taking rain But you don't slip out of my hand You're the one thing I understand

Chorus

Ezekiel, you're the thing that's real Not some bubble bound to peel You are steady, you can kneel Right here where my love is real

Bridge

No performance, nothing to prove Just the way you hold this room I don't need a grander scene You're enough in between

Chorus

Ezekiel, you're the thing that's real Not some bubble bound to peel You are steady, you can kneel Right here where my love is real

Outro

The tiles will dry, the bubbles fade You're the one thing that stayed

Verse 1

I clip the socks against the wire one peg for every worry you carry you hang in there, never tire the wind can push, but you won't vary

Pre-chorus

I've watched you hold on through the cold the way that damp wool holds its shape something steady, something bold

Chorus

Ezekiel, you hold like that plain and sure, no need to steal quiet ways that I hold pat Ezekiel, you make it real

Verse 2

Some loves slip loose in a little breeze you were never built that way you keep me close with so much ease and never ask me what to pay

Bridge

No grand gesture, no big reveal just you, staying, day by day that's enough for me to feel that's the only price I'll pay

Chorus

Ezekiel, you hold like that plain and sure, no need to steal quiet ways that I hold pat Ezekiel, you make it real

Outro

Still the socks hang on the wire still you hold what I can't lose

Verse 1

White beams sweep so slowly across the dark bedroom wall gentle as a hand that catches you before you fall they circle round the room and never make a sound you are the safest thing asleep behind them all

Chorus

Ezekiel, the night is turning soft and slow around you hush now, close your eyes, let every worry ease and settle nothing in this room can ever touch or reach or steal you Ezekiel, you are held here, you are safe, and it is real

Verse 2

The tower far away keeps watch so you don't have to its light comes drifting in to check that you are still here warm beneath your blanket while the whole world dims and quiets you have nothing in this moment left at all to fear

Pre-chorus

Somewhere past the window the light is turning gently over every little shadow it touches turns to nothing at all so let your breathing slow and let your small hands open

Chorus

Ezekiel, the night is turning soft and slow around you hush now, close your eyes, let every worry ease and settle nothing in this room can ever touch or reach or steal you Ezekiel, you are held here, you are safe, and it is real

Bridge

Sleep can come in easily when someone loves you this much there is no need to fight it, no need to hold on tight

Chorus

Ezekiel, the night is turning soft and slow around you hush now, close your eyes, let every worry ease and settle nothing in this room can ever touch or reach or steal you Ezekiel, you are held here, you are safe, and it is real

Outro

The beams will keep on turning long after you have drifted sleep now, little one, the light will watch you until morning

Verse 1

Down the quiet hall the soft bulbs glow above you Painted banisters stand watching just to know you Every step we take is slower than the last You are held so close, there's nothing rushing past

Chorus

Ezekiel, the house breathes low and easy Sleep can find you here so soft and easily Ezekiel, this light was made to keep you Nothing in the dark tonight will ever reach you

Verse 2

Somewhere past the door the night is turning kind Nothing in this house will ever change its mind You are what the glow was always leaning toward Wrapped in every warmth this hallway can afford

Pre-chorus

Hear how the floor forgets to creak beneath us Feel how the yellow light has come to lean and reach us Close your eyes now, let the hallway hold what's real

Chorus

Ezekiel, the house breathes low and easy Sleep can find you here so soft and easily Ezekiel, this light was made to keep you Nothing in the dark tonight will ever reach you

Bridge

Let the whole wide dark stay outside these walls Nothing far or loud will find you in these halls You were always safe here, long before you knew it

Chorus

Ezekiel, the house breathes low and easy Sleep can find you here so soft and easily Ezekiel, this light was made to keep you Nothing in the dark tonight will ever reach you

Outro

Rest now, the bulbs still glow above the stairway Sleep now, you're already halfway down the sweet way

Verse 1

Dust is drifting slow through the open door at midnight Riding on the quiet like it's learning how to fly Nothing in this house is moving faster than a whisper And nothing here would ever make you cry

Pre-chorus

Somewhere past the hallway the whole wide world is turning But in here the air is soft and the dark is kind So let your breathing follow every little light that's floating

Chorus

Ezekiel, the night is holding still for you Every hour is gentle, every shadow tame Close your eyes, Ezekiel, let the dark be easy You are loved by name, you are loved by name

Verse 2

The little specks of dust hang golden in the hallway light Too slow to fall, too soft to make a single sound This is how the whole world moves when you are sleeping Careful, quiet, keeping watch all around

Bridge

Rain is counting seconds soft against the windowpane Piano notes are falling just as slow as you can dream

Chorus

Ezekiel, the night is holding still for you Every hour is gentle, every shadow tame Close your eyes, Ezekiel, let the dark be easy You are loved by name, you are loved by name

Outro

The dust will keep on drifting long after you have gone to sleep And you'll be held as gently as the quiet it will keep