Songs for Faith

Verse 1

Towels piled high and blue Waiting by the tiled edge You never think it through You just walk to the ledge

Chorus

Faith, you jump before you look Born today, and born to shine Nothing ever holds you back Faith, the whole room's glad you're mine

Verse 2

Every year you climb up higher Every year the water's fine You laugh right through the falling Like you're always right on time

Pre-chorus

So light the candles, make some noise Let the whole street hear it sung We've got another year of you

Chorus

Faith, you jump before you look Born today, and born to shine Nothing ever holds you back Faith, the whole room's glad you're mine

Bridge

Here's to the leap and the landing Here's to the nerve that you keep Some folks wait on the edge forever You were never built to sleep

Chorus

Faith, you jump before you look Born today, and born to shine Nothing ever holds you back Faith, the whole room's glad you're mine

Outro

Stack the towels blue and high Faith, we're glad you took the dive

Verse 1

Sponge went flying off the plate Water's running, don't care why We were laughing far too late Every year you make time fly

Pre-chorus

Grab a candle, grab a cup Somebody's turning up the noise Count us in before it's up

Chorus

Faith, we're loud because you're here Nobody throws a party like this You make the ordinary clear Faith, you're impossible to miss

Verse 2

Tiles are soaked, the taps still drip Nobody moves to turn them off We're too busy on this trip Watching you light up and laugh

Bridge

Every mess feels like a gift When you're the one who's standing there Somehow you always give it lift Somehow the whole room wants to share

Chorus

Faith, we're loud because you're here Nobody throws a party like this You make the ordinary clear Faith, you're impossible to miss

Outro

Sponge still sits there on the floor We'd flood the kitchen for one more

Verse 1

Boots lined up by the garden gate Caked in mud from the work you make Rows of cabbage standing straight Nobody works quite like you, Faith

Pre-chorus

You dig in deep, you never wait You carry more than your own weight So light the candles, don't be late

Chorus

Faith, we're raising up a plate Faith, you're worth the wait Every year you just get great Hearts are open at your gate

Verse 2

Hands that know the work of spring Give you more than you'd ever bring You make the plainest morning great You're the reason we celebrate

Chorus

Faith, we're raising up a plate Faith, you're worth the wait Every year you just get great Hearts are open at your gate

Bridge

Mud on boots, and dirt on hands Still the kindest heart in the land We'd wait in line, we'd wait in state Just to sing to you today

Chorus

Faith, we're raising up a plate Faith, you're worth the wait Every year you just get great Hearts are open at your gate

Outro

Boots still standing by the gate We're glad you came, we're glad you're Faith

Verse 1

Rain runs down the window slow Fogging up above the heat I watch the glass begin to glow Warm where you and I both sit

Pre-chorus

Outside it's grey and getting late I don't mind the weather's weight Something's building I can't hold back

Chorus

Faith, you're the warmth that finds me Every time the cold comes round Faith, you're the one thing steady When the rest of the world sits down

Verse 2

Everyone else moves on so fast Chasing something they can't name You just stay and make it last Nothing with you feels the same

Chorus

Faith, you're the warmth that finds me Every time the cold comes round Faith, you're the one thing steady When the rest of the world sits down

Bridge

I could wait out any storm Long as you're the one thing warm No need to rush, no need to state it You already know I mean it

Chorus

Faith, you're the warmth that finds me Every time the cold comes round Faith, you're the one thing steady When the rest of the world sits down

Outro

The glass still fogs, the rain still falls You're the warm side of it all

Verse 1

I set the bottles by the bucket Ready before the morning traffic You sleep on like nothing's owed This is how our calm is shown

Pre-chorus

No need to raise a single word No need for proof of what's occurred Just this: I'm certain, I am sure

Chorus

Faith, you steady every hour You don't perform, you just have power Faith, I found my quiet in you Plain and true is all we do

Verse 2

Concrete's cold beneath my feet You're the warmth I always meet Blue bucket catching morning light You make the ordinary right

Chorus

Faith, you steady every hour You don't perform, you just have power Faith, I found my quiet in you Plain and true is all we do

Bridge

No grand gesture, no big flame Just the weight behind your name I keep choosing you again

Chorus

Faith, you steady every hour You don't perform, you just have power Faith, I found my quiet in you Plain and true is all we do

Outro

The bottles wait out on the step Like all the love I've slowly kept

Verse 1

You hang there white against the rust steady while the whole rail's giving way the water underneath keeps churning but you don't move, you're built on trust

Pre-chorus

I've watched the current pull at weaker things I've watched good rope just come undone but you stay tied to me

Chorus

Faith, you're the ring that holds the weight you keep me steady, keep me straight the water's dark but you're my gate Faith, I know you won't be late

Verse 2

Some nights the railing groans and bends the whole thing rusted through with time but you're still hanging where I left you that's the kind of love that never ends

Chorus

Faith, you're the ring that holds the weight you keep me steady, keep me straight the water's dark but you're my gate Faith, I know you won't be late

Bridge

I don't need the current calm I just need your hand near mine that white against the black water is all the proof, all the sign

Chorus

Faith, you're the ring that holds the weight you keep me steady, keep me straight the water's dark but you're my gate Faith, I know you won't be late

Outro

Still white against the rusted rail still holding on when I feel small