Songs for Fatima

Verse 1

Coats piled high on the stairs Everyone came, nobody cares Just to be near you tonight Squeezed in the hallway, packed tight

Chorus

Fatima, light of this room You chase out any gloom Fatima, hold up your glass We're glad you're finally here at last

Verse 2

Candles are lit, table is set Nobody here could forget The way that you laugh when it's loud Pulling us all like a crowd

Pre-chorus

Every year you gather us in Under one roof, coats and all So let the whole house sing

Chorus

Fatima, light of this room You chase out any gloom Fatima, hold up your glass We're glad you're finally here at last

Bridge

Another year, another candle lit Another reason we won't quit Loving you louder than before

Chorus

Fatima, light of this room You chase out any gloom Fatima, hold up your glass We're glad you're finally here at last

Outro

Coats still stacked by the door We're not leaving, not anymore

Verse 1

Tools hang tired against the wall Green paint peeling, ready to fall But you walk out and the whole yard wakes You're the reason we gather at all

Pre-chorus

Something in you turns the grey to gold Every year we're glad to see you grow So let the whole street know

Chorus

Fatima, light the yard tonight You're the warmth we can't fight Two of us or ten of us singing Fatima, you make it right

Verse 2

The spade's gone quiet, the rake's asleep Hung up crooked, nothing to keep But you bring noise where the silence sat We wake up glad that you're ours to keep

Pre-chorus

Something in you turns the grey to gold Every year we're glad to see you grow So let the whole street know

Chorus

Fatima, light the yard tonight You're the warmth we can't fight Two of us or ten of us singing Fatima, you make it right

Bridge

Blow the candle, watch it climb We'll say it slow, we'll say it every time You are loved beyond the reasons You are ours in every season

Chorus

Fatima, light the yard tonight You're the warmth we can't fight Two of us or ten of us singing Fatima, you make it right

Outro

The tools still hang against the wall But you're the brightest thing of all

Verse 1

Grey clouds rolling over the field White posts standing proud in the green You walk out like you own the ground Best entrance this town has seen

Pre-chorus

So grab your boots, we're calling your name Clear a space, let the fiddle play Tonight the whole room leans your way

Chorus

Fatima, light up the evening Fatima, we're shouting it loud Nobody dreams quite like you do We're glad you're stood in this crowd

Verse 2

You could stand between any goalposts And somehow still steal the show Steady as cedar, twice as warm That's just the way that you grow

Bridge

Clap your hands, stomp your boots Sing it loud for the one we adore Another year, and still you shine brighter Than anyone we've cheered for before

Chorus

Fatima, light up the evening Fatima, we're shouting it loud Nobody dreams quite like you do We're glad you're stood in this crowd

Outro

Grey skies can't dim your colour You'll always be goalposts tall

Verse 1

Basket's heavy, list half done Fluorescent light on your face You laugh at something, anyone And I forget the time and place

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is meant to shine Rows of tins in flat white light But you keep turning into mine

Chorus

Fatima, you steady me Right here between the shelves and doors Fatima, so quietly You're the only thing I'm shopping for

Verse 2

You read labels like they're news Hold two cans up, ask which one I don't care which one we choose Just don't walk off, don't be done

Bridge

No music here but the hum of light Still I'd call this a kind of song You take my hand, it feels right This aisle is where I want to belong

Chorus

Fatima, you steady me Right here between the shelves and doors Fatima, so quietly You're the only thing I'm shopping for

Outro

Trolley full, the list all crossed Whatever we forgot, it's not you

Verse 1

Vinegar bottles lined up small Paper going soft with steam You laugh at something on the wrapper Nothing here is what it seems

Pre-chorus

I keep looking for the catch Some sign this ordinary night will end But you just pass me the last chip And something in my chest starts to bend

Chorus

Fatima, I could sit here for years Just you and this narrow light You make the quiet feel like plenty Fatima, you turn a Tuesday bright

Verse 2

You fold the paper into squares Careful like it matters, like it's rare I watch your hands do something simple And I forget I'm even there

Chorus

Fatima, I could sit here for years Just you and this narrow light You make the quiet feel like plenty Fatima, you turn a Tuesday bright

Bridge

No music, no grand view Just salt and vinegar and you This is enough, this is the whole of it I never needed anything new

Chorus

Fatima, I could sit here for years Just you and this narrow light You make the quiet feel like plenty Fatima, you turn a Tuesday bright

Outro

The bottles still stand in their row You're still the best thing that I know

Verse 1

Spines pressed close on a low shelf Nothing between them, nothing left to itself That's how you hold what matters to you Close and steady, no space slipping through

Pre-chorus

You keep things near without a fuss No grand speeches, just steady trust I feel it building, what I need to say

Chorus

Fatima, you're the one I choose again Every quiet moment, every now and then Fatima, nothing fancy, nothing loud Just you and me, and I'm still proud

Verse 2

You don't need the whole room to see How you love is just for me No performance, nothing to prove Just a steady, certain move

Chorus

Fatima, you're the one I choose again Every quiet moment, every now and then Fatima, nothing fancy, nothing loud Just you and me, and I'm still proud

Bridge

Some loves shout, some loves shine This one just quietly stays in line Close as covers pressed shelf to shelf I found a home in you, not by myself

Chorus

Fatima, you're the one I choose again Every quiet moment, every now and then Fatima, nothing fancy, nothing loud Just you and me, and I'm still proud

Outro

Keep me close, low on your shelf I'd rather that than stand by myself

Verse 1

The fire is settling soft into its bed of grey your eyelids are heavy, so heavy, at the close of day warmth is still holding you deep in this room safe as the embers that glow in the gloom

Pre-chorus

Quiet is folding itself around this little space stillness is spreading its hush through the place hold on to my hand as the light starts to dim

Chorus

Fatima, sleep now, the night is holding you tight curled up so gentle beneath the fading light nothing can reach you, nothing can harm Fatima, rest here, all wrapped up and warm

Verse 2

Somewhere the ash is drifting down slow through the bars falling as quiet as shadows, as soft as far stars you are the warmth that outlasts the flame you are the reason this stillness has a name

Chorus

Fatima, sleep now, the night is holding you tight curled up so gentle beneath the fading light nothing can reach you, nothing can harm Fatima, rest here, all wrapped up and warm

Bridge

Breathe slow, let the last of the glow sink low there is nowhere safer than here, nowhere to go

Chorus

Fatima, sleep now, the night is holding you tight curled up so gentle beneath the fading light nothing can reach you, nothing can harm Fatima, rest here, all wrapped up and warm

Outro

The fire has dimmed now to embers soft and low you are still glowing, wherever you go

Verse 1

The white cotton lifts and settles soft against the glass tonight Something in that gentle motion makes the whole room feel so right Outside the dark is wide and quiet, waiting just for you You are held here safe and warmer than the soft porch light

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes and let the breathing of the house grow slow Every little sound is turning into hush and afterglow And the night leans in around you, gentle, letting go

Chorus

Fatima, the night is yours to keep Nothing in this room will wake you from your sleep You are loved beyond whatever you can dream Fatima, so easy now to keep

Verse 2

The fabric breathes in time with something steady in your chest Nothing here will hurry you, there is no far off test Everything that matters most is curled up in this bed You are carried gently onward into rest

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes and let the breathing of the house grow slow Every little sound is turning into hush and afterglow And the night leans in around you, gentle, letting go

Chorus

Fatima, the night is yours to keep Nothing in this room will wake you from your sleep You are loved beyond whatever you can dream Fatima, so easy now to keep

Bridge

Wherever you go walking through your quiet sleeping mind Know that you are wanted and this warmth was always yours to find

Chorus

Fatima, the night is yours to keep Nothing in this room will wake you from your sleep You are loved beyond whatever you can dream Fatima, so easy now to keep

Outro

The white cotton settles now, its fluttering grown still You are exactly where you're meant to be, and always will

Verse 1

Streetlights are glowing soft beyond the windowpane tonight Wrapped in the woollen blanket, you are settling into sleep Nothing can reach you here inside this quiet golden light Close your small hands and let the hush of evening keep

Pre-chorus

Every slat of wood is holding still to guard your rest Breathe now, and let the day dissolve into the dark Sleep is the softest arms, and you are held and blessed

Chorus

Fatima, the night is warm and wrapped around your bed Somewhere a light is watching over dreams that start to spark You are the calm the whole wide sleeping house is fed Fatima, rest easy now, and drift into the dark

Verse 2

Outside the window, shadows learn to soften and to sway Wooden slats are humming with the hush of long ago You are the reason every worry folds itself away Sink deeper into stillness as the streetlights start to glow

Chorus

Fatima, the night is warm and wrapped around your bed Somewhere a light is watching over dreams that start to spark You are the calm the whole wide sleeping house is fed Fatima, rest easy now, and drift into the dark

Bridge

Nothing in this room can touch the peace you carry now Every breath you take is proof that you are safe and loved

Chorus

Fatima, the night is warm and wrapped around your bed Somewhere a light is watching over dreams that start to spark You are the calm the whole wide sleeping house is fed Fatima, rest easy now, and drift into the dark

Outro

Sleep beneath the blanket while the streetlights keep their glow You are always cherished, wherever dreams may go